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✂️ A small cut piece 🖼️ A screenshot
snipping

snipping

1 3.8
An image taken of a computer screen to show what is on it
  • noun
  • /ˈsnɪpɪŋ/
  • Texting
translation icon : captura de pantalla
  • Using the snipping feature, he captured an image of the webpage to send to his colleagues.

Examples

  • The Snipping Tool is in your Accessories.

    Blog text (24)

  • The only way I know how to save the pictures I want is to use the Snipping Tool on your computer and then save the picture to a file on your computer.

    Blog text (24)

  • So before that, what was the correct keyboard shortcut for launching the Snipping Tool on Windows?

  • [snipping]

    You Again (2010)

  • (SNIPPING)

    The Son of Bigfoot (2017)

  • After taking a snipping of the screen, I saved the image as a file for later use.

  • She shared a snipping of the document to highlight the important information.

Synonyms

snippet
vssnipping
36 4.8

A small piece of text or information that comes from something larger

is specifically an image taken from a device display, not a general excerpt

Antonyms

original
194 3.5

The first version of something from which copies are made

How Big

snipping
  • Texting
1 3.8
thumbnail
  • Texting
18 3.4

Surface Forms

snipping singular
snippings plural

Morphology

snipping = snip (semi-transparent) = snip + ing

The screen-capture sense is a metaphorical extension of 'snip' (to cut out a portion), so learners know the parts but may not predict the specialized meaning.

Etymology

The word snipping for a screen image uses the same idea: it's like taking a 'small cut' from your screen, as if you cut out a picture from a page. That's why a snipping is a small image or screenshot you save and share.