Snapchat

[ snap-chat ]

Digital Technology, Trademark.

1. a brand name for an image messaging service and application, through which users can share images that may be private and temporary or public and stored for retrieval.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Snapchat¹

First recorded in 2011; snap ( def ) + chat ( def )

Example Sentences

And now, memory prompts are a central part of many apps, from Instagram and Snapchat to a streaming app like Spotify, which makes a huge deal out of “Spotify Wrapped”—a yearly fanfare where our secret listening habits are turned into a social media spectacle.

From Slate

Snapchat and Instagram Stories, for example, disappear after 24 hours.

From Slate

The court heard that Morrow met all of the women on Tinder, and then chatted to them on Snapchat where intimate images were initially shared on a consensual basis.

From BBC

She said she met him on Tinder and that they chatted on Snapchat.

From BBC

"We talked for a while and everything was great. I thought I was learning stuff about him. Then it moved to Snapchat, after talking there for a while and building up trust," she added.

From BBC