point-and-shoot

American  

[point-n-shoot] / ˈpɔɪnt nˈʃut /

adjective

1. of or denoting a camera that does not require manual adjustment of shutter speed, focus, aperture, etc.

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noun

1. a camera with such automatic features.

point-and-shoot British  

adjective

1. of or relating to a camera in which the lens aperture and shutter speed are automatically adjusted

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Etymology

Origin of point-and-shoot

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

“They are not a point-and-shoot operation that Tehran uses in the way that Tehran has long used some Iraqi militias, for example,” said Barbara Leaf, who was the State Department’s top Middle East official during the Biden administration.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sure, someone might have taken a couple snapshots of the table — maybe your aunt with her point-and-shoot, the flash so bright it washed out the ham.

From Salon

The point-and-shoot digital camera is one of the most prized rediscovered technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal

I took an old point-and-shoot digital camera to New York Fashion Week because, haven’t you heard?

From Los Angeles Times

Using cheap point-and-shoot cameras — they were unobtrusive and produced grainy shots that, to her, represented the messiness of life — Ms. van Manen captured intimate images of daily life in China, post-Soviet Russia and coal miners in Kentucky.

From New York Times