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Etymology

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Clipping of screen capture.

Noun

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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

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

  1. (informal) To take a screenshot.

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