SNAPSHOT

snapshot, snap, shot

(noun) an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; “my snapshots haven’t been developed yet”; “he tried to get unposed shots of his friends”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

snapshot (plural snapshots)

A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a moment of opportunity.

A glimpse of something; a portrayal of something at a moment in time.

(computing) A file or set of files captured at a particular time, often capable of being reloaded to restore the earlier state.

(soccer) A quick, unplanned or unexpected shot.

(firearms) A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights.

Verb

snapshot (third-person singular simple present snapshots, present participle snapshotting, simple past and past participle snapshotted)

(transitive) To take a photograph of.

(transitive, computing) To capture the state of, in a snapshot.

Source: Wiktionary


Snap"shot`, n.

1. Commonly Snap shot. (a) A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights. (b) (Photog.) Act of taking a snapshot (in sense 2).

2. An instantaneous photograph made, usually with a hand camera, without formal posing of, and often without the foreknowledge of, the subject.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.

coffee icon