vidcap

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noun

A still image consisting of a frame captured from film or television.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounvidcap (plural vidcaps)

plural vidcaps

  1. 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 collide
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    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 Historians

    Judging 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

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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