"Snapchat" meaning in English

See Snapchat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /snæp.t͡ʃæt/ [UK, US]
Etymology: From blend of snapshot + chat. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|snapshot|chat|nocap=1}} blend of snapshot + chat Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Snapchat
  1. (Internet, social media) A mobile photo-messaging application, introduced in 2011. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet, Social media, Websites Derived forms: snap (english: visual message sent on Snapchat), Snap, Snapchatter Translations (A photo-messaging application.): سْنَاب (snāb) (Arabic), Atapaki (Maori)
    Sense id: en-Snapchat-en-name-nuQoAjoT Disambiguation of Websites: 14 36 18 32 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 15 33 19 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 34 18 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: snapchat

Noun

IPA: /snæp.t͡ʃæt/ [UK, US] Forms: Snapchats [plural]
Etymology: From blend of snapshot + chat. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|snapshot|chat|nocap=1}} blend of snapshot + chat Head templates: {{en-noun}} Snapchat (plural Snapchats)
  1. (Internet, social media) A user account on Snapchat. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet, Social media, Websites
    Sense id: en-Snapchat-en-noun-eJdAKdmc Disambiguation of Websites: 14 36 18 32 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 15 33 19 33 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 36 17 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 34 18 34
  2. (Internet, social media) A snap, a visual message sent through the Snapchat application. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet, Social media, Websites
    Sense id: en-Snapchat-en-noun-F9dljpVV Disambiguation of Websites: 14 36 18 32 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 15 33 19 33 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 36 17 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 34 18 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: snapchat

Verb

IPA: /snæp.t͡ʃæt/ [UK, US] Forms: Snapchats [present, singular, third-person], Snapchatting [participle, present], Snapchatted [participle, past], Snapchatted [past]
Etymology: From blend of snapshot + chat. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|snapshot|chat|nocap=1}} blend of snapshot + chat Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Internet, intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Internet, Social media, Websites
    Sense id: en-Snapchat-en-verb-lQ7k72GK Disambiguation of Websites: 14 36 18 32 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 15 33 19 33 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 36 17 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 34 18 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: snapchat

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "2": "snapshot",
        "3": "chat",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "blend of snapshot + chat",
      "name": "blend"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From blend of snapshot + chat.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Snapchats",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Snapchatting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Snapchatted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Snapchatted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "Snapchat (third-person singular simple present Snapchats, present participle Snapchatting, simple past and past participle Snapchatted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Internet",
        "en:Social media"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019, Kate Atkinson, Big Sky, page 100",
          "text": "He was probably still awake up there, Snapchatting by the light of the silvery moon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To send a message on Snapchat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "social media",
          "social media"
        ],
        [
          "send",
          "send"
        ],
        [
          "message",
          "message"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "social media",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet, social media, transitive, intransitive) To send a message on Snapchat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/snæp.t͡ʃæt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "snapchat"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Snapchat"
  ],
  "word": "Snapchat"
}

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