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

"Whale rescue successful," he wrote on his Instagram profile.

From Barron's

Plaintiffs’ attorneys did not argue that Instagram or YouTube should be liable for what users posted, but rather that the platforms themselves are dangerous products.

From MarketWatch

Gunna is an American rapper from Atlanta with more than six million followers on Instagram who is best known for songs such as Drip Too Hard with Lil Baby.

From BBC

You can find some of his suggestions by looking at your phone—he posts regularly on Instagram.

From The Wall Street Journal

An Instagram account with millions of views shows a woman in swimsuits and gymwear whose body is bisected by vitiligo so she is exactly half white and half brown.

From Barron's