snapshots

Noun

snapshot (plural snapshots)

1. A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a sudden moment of opportunity.
   • He carried a snapshot of his daughter.
2. A glimpse of something; a portrayal of something at a moment in time.
   • The article offered a snapshot of life in that region.
3. A file or set of files captured at a particular time, often capable of being reloaded to restore the earlier state.
   • This game is so hard that I find myself taking a snapshot every few seconds in case I get killed.
4. A quick, unplanned or unexpected shot.
   • Yet Revell misjudged his promising position in the area to put his point-blank snapshot wide from only six yards out.2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient”, in BBC
5. A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights.
   • How quick the eye and hand to catch him [the ruffed grouse] when he rises from the underbrush and is out of sight in the wood before the untrained sportsman stops him with what is little more than a snapshot, so instantaneously must all be done!1892, Stanley Waterloo, A Man and a Woman

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