Meanings
plural vidcaps
- informalA still image consisting of a frame captured from film or television.
Pics from outside of Survivor, vidcaps, bios, descriptions (how friggin' TALL are these guys, exactly?).
2006, Henry Jenkins, Convergence culture: where old and new media collide2 more examples
The contamination shows in the blurry but garish photos of crowds of people moving through the garish urban interiors, looking more like vidcaps from MTV...
2002, Ewout Dorman, Crimson 1994-2002 Architectural HistoriansJudging by the collection on her laptop, she had a taste for porn that rivaled mine, though her collection was mostly in the form of rather grainy vidcaps...
2006, Cecilia Tan, Lori Perkins, The MILF Anthology: Twenty-One Steamy Stories
Origin
Syllabic abbreviation of video capture.
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