noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An image of computer or smartphone screen output at a given moment in time.

   "I grabbed a screenshot of my desktop."

Verb

1. 1
   To take a screenshot of something. transitive

   "To help to improve the software, make sure to screenshot any bugs you find."

2. 2
   to capture an image from a computer's display wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

screen capturescreen capturescreen dumpscreen dumpscreencapscreencast

Example

More examples

"Take a screenshot of just the highlighted text."

Etymology

From screen + shot (“(photography) single unbroken sequence of photographic exposures”).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.