snapshot.
A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a sudden moment of opportunity.
Meaning & usage
A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a sudden moment of opportunity.
He carried a snapshot of his daughter.
A glimpse of something; a portrayal of something at a moment in time.
The article offered a snapshot of life in that region.
A file or set of files captured at a particular time, often capable of being reloaded to restore the earlier state.
This game is so hard that I find myself taking a snapshot every few seconds in case I get killed.
A quick, unplanned or unexpected shot.
A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights.
Where this word comes from
From snap + shot.
To take a photograph of.
To capture the state of, in a snapshot.
Where this word comes from
From snap + shot.
simple past and past participle of snapshoot
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.