Snapshot
WordNet
noun
(1) An informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
"My snapshots haven't been developed yet"
"He tried to get unposed shots of his friends"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a 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, capable of being reloaded to restore the earlier state.
Verb
- To take a snapshot of.
- 1904, David T Hanbury, Sport and Travel in the Northland of Canada
- As he did not appear disposed to move off, I took my camera and approached within about thirty yards, when I snapshotted him.
- 1904, David T Hanbury, Sport and Travel in the Northland of Canada