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outsnap

outsnap verb: to outphotograph.

Verb

outsnap (third-person singular simple present outsnaps, present participle outsnapping, simple past and past participle outsnapped)

  1. (informal, transitive) To outphotograph.
    • Aerial photography was coming into its own, and flying shutterbugs pushed the envelope, striving to outsnap each other.1992, Popular Mechanics, volume 169, number 11, page 18

Forms of outsnap

third-person singular presentoutsnaps
present participleoutsnapping
past participleoutsnapped
pastoutsnapped

Origin of outsnap

From out- + snap.

Questions about outsnap

What does outsnap mean?
Outsnap means to outphotograph.
What part of speech is outsnap?
Outsnap is a verb.
What is the past tense of outsnap?
The past tense of outsnap is outsnapped.

Words near outsnap in the dictionary

  1. outsmoking
  2. outsmooth
  3. outsmoothed
  4. outsmoothing
  5. outsmooths
  6. outsnap
  7. outsnapped
  8. outsnapping
  9. outsnaps
  10. outsnatch
  11. outsnatched

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