screencap

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noun

A screenshot.

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Meanings

nounscreencap (plural screencaps)

plural screencaps

  1. informalA screenshot.
    1 more example

    No Context Succession and No Context Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which share screencaps from the shows involving funny lines – naturally, out of context. The general formula of a viral post from a No Context account is a screencap of a character saying or doing something ridiculous or relatable: in other words, the magic ingredients of a meme.

    2022 September 22, Jess Thomson, “‘Becoming a meme totally helps a show’: is TV being written with epic gifs in mind?”, in The Guardian
verbscreencap (third-person singular simple present screencaps, present participle screencapping, simple past and past participle screencapped)

present singular third person screencaps · participle present screencapping · participle past screencapped · past screencapped

  1. informalTo take a screenshot.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
screen capturescreenshot

Origin

Clipping of screen capture.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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