noun
kodak
koh-DAK
noun
1
A camera, especially a simple, portable one for taking snapshots.
"She packed her old Kodak for the road trip."
"He still had his grandfather's Kodak from the 1960s."
verb
1
To take a photograph of something, or to describe it briefly and vividly, as if capturing it in a snapshot.
"He kodaked the scene in just a few sharp sentences."
"The reporter kodaked the chaos of the opening night in one punchy paragraph."
How to Use Kodak
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA once-common brand name that people started using loosely to mean "camera" or "take a quick photo/snapshot description" of something.
When to use it
The verb sense is old-fashioned and rarely used today.
Word Forms
kodaked past tense, kodaks plural, kodaks singular
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Etymology
From Kodak, the trademarked brand name of the camera and film company, which became a generic term through everyday use.