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snapshot
[ snap-shot ]
noun
- an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- Hunting. a quick shot taken without deliberate aim.
- Informal. a brief appraisal, summary, or profile.
verb (used with or without object)
- to photograph informally and quickly.
snapshot
/ ˈsnæpˌʃɒt /
noun
- an informal photograph taken with a simple camera Often shortened tosnap
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snapshot1
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Example Sentences
We surveyed the strange world of celebrity gaming cameos to give you a snapshot of the most successful and the most inexplicable.
It is an indelible snapshot burned into our brains of mortality and sports at their highest level.
At any given medical evaluation you get no more than a snapshot.
All in all, an unedifying and unhealthy snapshot of conservatism today.
The show represents a very specific snapshot of a very specific cultural subset existing at this very second in time.
We stayed two days at the island, and had, in addition, a very picturesque snapshot at the native life.
"You have not liked him since you found that he took that snapshot of me," she said whimsically.
His brain registered these vague figures with the instantaneity of a snapshot camera at full noon.
He unbuttoned his coat, and drew out his pocket-book, and from it a little snapshot photograph, which he handed to Nancy.
Against one of the columns at the entrance I took a snapshot of my dear wife and our friend Miss Himmel.
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