Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

screengrab

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: screen-grab
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

verb

To generate a screenshot.

Example Sentences

""Let's boot out @GNRailUK and bring in @TfL to run our line," he tweeted later that year on June 25, sharing a screengrab of the latter's proposals."
"The picture accompanying the article was in fact a screengrab of a video published by Reuters on 3 February and subsequently verified by the news agency’s fact check team, showing humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma. The image was pulled from Reuters footage shot after deadly battles with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels."

Etymology

From screen + grab.

Inflected Forms

screengrabs (plural) screen grab (alternative) screengrabs (present, singular) screengrabbing (participle, present) screengrabbed (participle, past) screengrabbed (past)

Questions

What does screengrab mean?: A screenshot.
Where does screengrab come from?: From screen + grab.

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