snapshoot
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of snapshoot
Back formation from snapshot
Example Sentences
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The President again declined, turned to watch Rome's Professor Corrado Gini break a well-publicized rule of the day by pulling a small camera from under his robe, proceeding to snapshoot the other celebrities.
From Time Magazine Archive
"If I had my eyes I'd snapshoot ye for a hundred bucks," said Lund.
From A Man to His Mate by Stockton Mulford
Alex Groza went on a snapshooting tear and scored 41 points.
From Time Magazine Archive
It has also become a multicolored pest, appealing mainly to snapshooting tourists and aging lonelyhearts who get solace of a sort from feeding the flocks.
From Time Magazine Archive
If we keep on snapshooting these hinds for their egg money we'll be classed as nature fakers.
From The Gentle Grafter by H. C. Greening
How the Boers must have known of our position, and how they had managed to get close up all round within snapshooting range without being discovered.
From The Defence of Duffer's Drift by Ernest Dunlop Swinton
The latest snapshot of consumer prices, for instance, pointed to a small deceleration in inflation in July for the second month in a row.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Using those measurements, the researchers produced a two-dimensional latitude-longitude snapshot of thermospheric density at an altitude of roughly 500 kilometers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
The snapshot wasn’t a perfect representation of how locals feel about the project—the development has older fans and younger foes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Islington is a snapshot of a trend also playing out not only in inner London but also other parts of the world.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The camera flashes and I hand them the snapshot.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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