Instagram

American

[in-stuh-gram] / ˈɪn stəˌgræm /

Trademark.

the brand name for a photo- and video-sharing application and social media platform launched in 2010.

verb (used with object)

Instagrammed, Instagramming

to post (a photo or video) on the Instagram app.

I’m Instagramming a video of the whole family enjoying the Mickey Mouse birthday cake.
This garden is one of the sights most frequently Instagrammed by visitors to our city.

noun

a photo or video posted on the Instagram app.

Oh, not another Instagram of her and her new puppy!

Other Word Forms

Instagrammable adjective
Instagrammed adjective
Instagrammer noun

Example Sentences

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Dean Commodore publishes videos which help teach his nearly half a million followers on TikTok and Instagram how to perform tasks such as bleeding a radiator and hanging a mirror.

From BBC

"Totally wasn't nervous," he posted on Instagram later.

From BBC

An Instagram account called “ChuckChuck” materialized, depicting Horning as the Grinch.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shrinkhala Khatiwada, a former Miss Nepal and daughter of a former health minister - who was reported to have more than a million followers at one point - appears to have shut her Instagram account down entirely.

From BBC

Sadly, the star missed the show, posting on Instagram that she was "devastated I won't be able to make it".

From BBC

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