thumbshot

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noun

A thumbnail snapshot of an electronic document.

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Meanings

nounthumbshot (plural thumbshots)

plural thumbshots

  1. computingA thumbnail snapshot of an electronic document.
verbthumbshot (third-person singular simple present thumbshots, present participle thumbshotting, simple past and past participle thumbshotted)

present singular third person thumbshots · participle present thumbshotting · participle past thumbshotted · past thumbshotted

  1. transitivecomputingTo take a snapshot of (an electronic document).

Origin

From thumb + shot.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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