screenshot

American  

[skreen-shot] / ˈskrinˌʃɒt /

Or screen shot

noun

screenshots plural

1. Also called screen capture.  Also called screencap.  a copy or image of what is seen on a computer monitor or other screen at a given time.

   Save the screenshot as a graphics file.

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verb (used with object)

screenshot, screenshotted, screenshotting

1. to take a screenshot of.

   You can screenshot the error message and send it to me.

screenshot British  

/ ˈskriːnˌʃɒt /

noun

1. an image created by copying part or all of the display on a computer screen at a particular moment, for example in order to demonstrate the use of a piece of software

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• screenshots
  plural

Etymology

Origin of screenshot

First recorded in 1980–85; screen ( def. ) + shot ¹