Instagram

Meaning

Name

An online photo- and video-sharing social networking service, originally designed to mimic old-fashioned instant cameras.

Noun

1. A user's profile or account on this service.
2. A photograph or video shared on this service.

Verb

1. To use the social networking service Instagram.
2. To post an image or video to Instagram.
3. To digitally manipulate a photograph using filter effects.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪnstəɡɹæm/

Etymology

Trade name. Blend of instant + telegram. By surface analysis, insta- + -gram.