Definitions for snapshot

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IPA: /ˈsnæpˌʃɒt/

Snapshot is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 273 anagrams from letters in snapshot (ahnopsst).

Definitions for snapshot

noun

1. an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
2. Hunting. a quick shot taken without deliberate aim.
3. Informal. a brief appraisal, summary, or profile.

verb (used with object)

1. to take a snapshot of (a subject).

verb (used with or without object)

1. to photograph informally and quickly.

Origin of snapshot

1800-10 for def 2; 1860-65 for def 1; snap (in the sense “done suddenly or casually”) + shot¹

Examples for snapshot

I saw only a snapshot of her, which showed her to be beautiful.

At any given medical evaluation you get no more than a snapshot.

They were treating a snapshot of a blood level, not the disease.

And while the president continues to lead in most swing states, the snapshot remains blurry.

"You have not liked him since you found that he took that snapshot of me," she said whimsically.

"How I would have loved to have had a snapshot of him," said Julie, sighing.

Yes, she'd keep the snapshot of Stella, and remember what I said about the brother in Altoona.

And do you know, it takes a snapshot in a room even just as well as in the open air.

We surveyed the strange world of celebrity gaming cameos to give you a snapshot of the most successful and the most inexplicable.

Sky News provides a snapshot of the state of press freedom in post-Mubarak Egypt.