- An instantaneous photograph made, usually with a hand camera, without formal posing of, and often without the foreknowledge of, the subject.
- A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights.
- Act of taking a snapshot (in sense 2).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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