Instagram

American  

[in-stuh-gram] / ˈɪn stəˌgræm /

Trademark.

1. the brand name for a photo- and video-sharing application and social media platform launched in 2010.

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verb (used with object)

Instagrammed, Instagramming

1. to post (a photo or video) on the Instagram app.

   I’m Instagramming a video of the whole family enjoying the Mickey Mouse birthday cake.

   This garden is one of the sights most frequently Instagrammed by visitors to our city.

noun

1. a photo or video posted on the Instagram app.

   Oh, not another Instagram of her and her new puppy!

Other Word Forms

• Instagrammable
  adjective
• Instagrammed
  adjective
• Instagrammer
  noun

Example Sentences

And then you get to Reddit and Instagram and you’re waiting for them to be like, “You guys suck!”

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

You just don’t have to post about them on Instagram.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

In one of his Instagram ask-me-anything sessions in March, Bosworth defended the company’s metaverse ambitions, saying virtual reality wasn’t dead and that the company was continuing to invest in it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

“They’re not doing much for us fans,” said Gonzalez, who organized the protest using the Instagram account @AngelsBoycott.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

She looked over Immie’s writing style in emails and on Instagram: the way she signed off, the way she wrote paragraphs, the expressions she used.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart