snapshot
nounA photograph usually taken with a small handheld camera.
nounAn isolated observation.
nounA sudden or quick shot, literally or figuratively; in photography, the instantaneous taking of a picture as with a detective camera, or with one of the many portable cameras.
Pertaining to or taken by a snapshot, as a photograph; adapted to the taking of instantaneous photographs: as, a snap-shot camera.
Hence, executed rapidly or sketchily.
To take a photographic snap-shot of.
To take photographs with a snap-shot camera.
nounA quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights.
nounAct of taking a snapshot (in sense 2).
