Snapchat

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Etymology

Blend of snapshot +‎ chat.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Snapchat

  1. (Internet, social media) A mobile photo-messaging application, introduced in 2011.
    Synonym: (colloquial) Snap

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Noun

A visual message on Snapchat (sense 2)

Snapchat (plural Snapchats)

  1. (Internet, social media) A user account on Snapchat.
    Synonym: (colloquial) Snap
  2. (Internet, social media) A snap, a visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
    • 2014, Jessa Holbrook, While You're Away[1], Penguin, →ISBN:
      “I just got out of the shower,” I explained. Will pointed down, asking playfully, “Pics or it didn't happen.” “No pics,” I snorted. “No Snapchats, no video. Sorry.”

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Verb

Snapchat (third-person singular simple present Snapchats, present participle Snapchatting, simple past and past participle Snapchatted)

  1. (Internet, social media, transitive, intransitive) To send a message on Snapchat.
    Synonym: snap
    • 2019, Kate Atkinson, Big Sky, →ISBN, page 100:
      He was probably still awake up there, Snapchatting by the light of the silvery moon.

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