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

In a message posted on his Instagram account on Friday, the 25-year-old Giacomel recounted what happened to him during that day's mass start race where he was leading after the second round of shooting.

From Barron's

In one of several messages posted to her Instagram account, Savannah Guthrie pleaded for her mother’s safe release and agreed to pay the ransom.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fighting back tears, the NBC host said in an Instagram video that they are "aching" for Nancy Guthrie, who is suspected to have been abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona.

From BBC

The plaintiff said she met Hakimi in January 2023 on Instagram and went to his home in a taxi ordered by the player, a police source said at the time.

From Barron's

“Take it from someone who was actually in the chair asking the questions: context matters more than a headline,” Dickens said on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times