vidcap

English

Etymology

Short for video capture.

Noun

vidcap (plural vidcaps)

1. (informal) A still image consisting of a frame captured from film or television.
   • 2002, Ewout Dorman, Crimson 1994-2002 Architectural Historians:

     The contamination shows in the blurry but garish photos of crowds of people moving through the garish urban interiors, looking more like vidcaps from MTV...

   • 2006, Henry Jenkins, Convergence culture: where old and new media collide:

     Pics from outside of Survivor, vidcaps, bios, descriptions (how friggin' TALL are these guys, exactly?).

   • 2006, Cecilia Tan, Lori Perkins, The MILF Anthology: Twenty-One Steamy Stories:

     Judging by the collection on her laptop, she had a taste for porn that rivaled mine, though her collection was mostly in the form of rather grainy vidcaps...

See also

• screencap