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thumbshot

thumbshot noun: a thumbnail snapshot of an electronic document.

Noun

thumbshot (plural thumbshots)

  1. A thumbnail snapshot of an electronic document.

Verb

thumbshot (third-person singular simple present thumbshots, present participle thumbshotting, simple past and past participle thumbshotted)

  1. (transitive) To take a snapshot of (an electronic document).

Forms of thumbshot

Noun
pluralthumbshots
Verb
third-person singular presentthumbshots
present participlethumbshotting
past participlethumbshotted
pastthumbshotted

Origin of thumbshot

From thumb + shot.

Questions about thumbshot

What does thumbshot mean?
Thumbshot means a thumbnail snapshot of an electronic document.
What part of speech is thumbshot?
Thumbshot can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of thumbshot?
The plural of thumbshot is thumbshots.

Words near thumbshot in the dictionary

  1. thumbs-ups
  2. thumbsbreadth
  3. thumbsbreadths
  4. thumbscrew
  5. thumbscrews
  6. thumbshot
  7. thumbshots
  8. thumbshotted
  9. thumbshotting
  10. thumbsketch
  11. thumbsketches

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