screencap

English

Etymology

Clipping of screen capture.

Noun

screencap (plural screencaps)

1. (informal) A screenshot.
   • 2022 September 22, Jess Thomson, “‘Becoming a meme totally helps a show’: is TV being written with epic gifs in mind?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

Verb

screencap (third-person singular simple present screencaps, present participle screencapping, simple past and past participle screencapped)

1. (informal) To take a screenshot.

Translations

screenshot — see screenshot

Anagrams

• crepances