Insta

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Multicultural London English/ˈɪn.stɐ/UK, US/ˈɪn.stə/

A form of Instagram — A user's profile or account on this service.

Less commonScrabble 5

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proper noun
  1. InternetabbreviationclippinginformalClipping of Instagram.

    These are the slaves to technology: the Candy Crushers, the Facebook fanatics, the Insta-idlers, the Snapchat servants and Twitter twiddlers who spend every spare minute absorbed by their screens.

    2018, Jack Lewis, The Science of Sin: Why We Do The Things We Know We Shouldn’t, Bloomsbury Sigma, →ISBN
verbInsta (third-person singular simple present Instas or Insta's, present participle Insta-ing or Insta'ing, simple past and past participle Insta-ed or Insta'd or Insta'ed)

present singular third person Instas · present singular third person Insta's · participle present Insta-ing · participle present Insta'ing · participle past Insta-ed · past Insta-ed · participle past Insta'd · past Insta'd · participle past Insta'ed · past Insta'ed

  1. InternetabbreviationclippinginformalClipping of Instagram.

    Patrick Dempsey, who played Dr. Derek Shepherd for 11 seasons, Insta-ed a close-up of his masked face, captioning it with one of his catchphrases. "It’s a Beautiful Day to Save Lives," he wrote. "#WearAMask."

    2020 July 23, Jelisa Castrodale, “‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Gears Up for Pandemic Storyline in Upcoming 60,000th Season”, in Vice

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APA

Insta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Insta

MLA

“Insta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Insta. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Insta,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Insta.

Source: Insta on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.