screenshot

screen +‎ shot (“(photography) single unbroken sequence of photographic exposures”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskriːn.ʃɒt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈskriːn.ʃɑt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt

screenshot (plural screenshots)

1. (computing) An image of computer or smartphone screen output at a given moment in time.

   Synonyms: screencast, screen capture, screen dump, screengrab, screenie, screencap

   I grabbed a screenshot of my desktop.

• bullshot

screenshot (third-person singular simple present screenshots, present participle screenshotting, simple past and past participle screenshotted or (less common) screenshot)

1. (computing, transitive) To take a screenshot of something.

   To help to improve the software, make sure to screenshot any bugs you find.

   • 2023 February 22, “Network News: Northern thwarts barcode cheats”, in RAIL, number 977, page 25:

     Northern has made it harder for fraudsters to cheat checks on barcode season tickets. The operator has made it impossible for people to screenshot tickets from within the Northern app and then share the tickets for others to use.

• screenshot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Unadapted borrowing from English screenshot.

screenshot m

1. (computing) screenshot (image of computer screen output)

   Synonym: schermata

• screenshot in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Unadapted borrowing from English screenshot.

screenshot m (plural screenshots)

1. (computing) screenshot (image of computer screen output)

   Synonyms: captura de ecrã, captura de tela, print, Print Screen

For quotations using this term, see Citations:screenshot.