screenshot

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noun

screen·​shot ˈskrēn-ˌshät 

: an image that shows the contents of a computer display

screenshot

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verb

screenshotted; screenshotting; screenshots

transitive verb

: to capture a screenshot of (an image on a computer display)

"Amazing … Can you screenshot that and send it to me?"

—Laura Loomer

… while you can prevent someone from forwarding an email, you can't stop them from screenshotting it and sending the image on.

—Jon Porter

The White House quickly deleted the tweet, but … somebody managed to screenshot it first.

—Sophie Lloyd

Examples of screenshot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Android users get in-app alerts if a chat partner takes a screenshot of the conversation window. —PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025

This is not to say the screenshots are wrong, but they could be taken out of context. —Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025

Verb

The removal comes just days after advocacy organizations issued urgent warnings to borrowers to screenshot their data. —Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025

Security and privacy advocates are girding themselves for another uphill battle against Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that will screenshot, index, and store everything a user does every three seconds. —Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1983, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1995, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for screenshot

• allot
• barat
• begot
• besought
• bethought
• bloodshot
• boycott
• buckshot
• crackpot
• croat
• culottes
• dashpot