1an informal photograph taken quickly, typically with a small handheld camera:a collection of family snapshots
a brief look or summary:this excellent book can only be a snapshot of a complex industry
Computing a record of the contents of a storage location or data file at a given time:the procedure takes a new snapshot and does pixel counts for various sub-areas
2 (snap shot) a shot in soccer or hockey taken quickly with little backlift:Morris had to make a good save from a snapshot by a defender
snapshot in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of snapshot in the US English dictionary
