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

"The jury's only task, however, is to decide if those struggles would have existed without Instagram."

From Barron's

After seeing his Instagram post, they decided to jump in the car to try and catch the star performing the song in the flesh.

From BBC

However, she wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday that the cancer had later spread to her lungs and now the left side of her brain.

From BBC

“He was more than a voice on the radio — he was a force, a friend, and family to so many of us,” read the tribute posted to Sear’s Instagram page.

From Los Angeles Times

“She’s arrived and she’s perfect,” he added in an Instagram story.

From Los Angeles Times