snapshot
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snapshot¹
- /ˈsnæpʃɒt/
Where it comes from
From snap + shot.
noun snapshots
- A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a sudden moment of opportunity. He carried a snapshot of his daughter.
- A glimpse of something; a portrayal of something at a moment in time. The article offered a snapshot of life in that region.
- A file or set of files captured at a particular time, often capable of being reloaded to restore the earlier state. This game is so hard that I find myself taking a snapshot every few seconds in case I get killed.
- A quick, unplanned or unexpected shot. Yet Revell misjudged his promising position in the area to put his point-blank snapshot wide from only six yards out.
- A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights. How quick the eye and hand to catch him [the ruffed grouse] when he rises from the underbrush and is out of sight in the wood before the untrained sportsman stops him with what is little more than a snapshot, so instantaneously must all be done!
verb snapshots · snapshotting · snapshotted
- To take a photograph of. As he did not appear disposed to move off, I took my camera and approached within about thirty yards, when I snapshotted him.
- To capture the state of, in a snapshot. Filer appliances also offer programmatic snapshotting and cloning at the block-level or file system-level.
snapshot²
- /ˈsnæpʃɒt/
verb
- simple past and past participle of snapshoot
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: shot, hair-trigger, slide, ride, snap, flash, tour, burst, grab, round, freeze, frozen, freezing, panorama, tower, portrait
Translations
Every language
noun A photograph
| Español | instantánea |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스냅샷 seunaepsyat |
| 日本語 | スナップショット sunappushotto |
| Français | instantané |
| Deutsch | Schnappschuss |
| Ελληνικά | στιγμιότυπο stigmiótypo |
| Русский | сни́мок snímok, кадр kadr, стоп-ка́др stop-kádr |
noun A glimpse of something
| Português | vislumbre |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Momentaufnahme |
noun (Computing) Files captured at a particular time that are capable of being reloaded to restore the earlier state
| 한국어 | 스냅샷 seunaepsyat |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | スナップショット sunappushotto |
| Ελληνικά | στιγμιότυπο stigmiótypo |
verb to take a snapshot of
| Deutsch | einen Schnappschuss machen von |
|---|---|
| Русский | де́лать сни́мок, бы́стро состоя́ние |
Talk about this word "snapshot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/snapshot. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. snapshot. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/snapshot "snapshot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/snapshot.Cite this
@misc{snapshot_2026,
title = {snapshot},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/snapshot},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
