Definitions

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  • noun dated A camera: a device for taking still photographs.
  • noun dated A still photograph.
  • verb transitive, dated To photograph.

Etymologies

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Genericization of the trademark Kodak.

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Examples

  • Only four of these cameras exist in the world and kodak is discontinuing the film.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • For all that the kodak is a whole lot of fuss, isn't it?

    The Children's Six Minutes Bruce S. Wright

  • "He'll have a pocket full of such talismans by the time he's through college," she thought, recalling the kodak pictures she had just seen.

    The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation 1897

  • "kodak" from a wrecked ship might have been to the appreciation of some islander of wholly unvisited seas.

    The Finer Grain Henry James 1879

  • The 1080p Playsport Zx5 $150, kodak.com is shockproof, dustproof and waterproof up to 10 feet—perfect for those activities where a smartphone would be ruined, like scuba diving, snowboarding or cannonballing into hotel pools.

    Finding a New Flip 2011

  • If you want something smaller and sleeker there's the Playfull Ze1 $130, kodak.com.

    Finding a New Flip 2011

  • Email the pic to yourself oryou can take your phone to a kodak machine and send the pics over bluetooth and like KB said, if using micro sd card you can send pic to card then pop card into pc to retrieve pics.

    Today was breezy and warm but at least some deer were moving. 2009

  • By the way she stopped us because she said my son was not wearing his seat belt and when she made the statement I pointed right to him with his seat belt on, Thank God for video, cell phones and anything else that can capture that kodak minute.

    Obama to meet this week with professor, officer 2009

  • Email the pic to yourself oryou can take your phone to a kodak machine and send the pics over bluetooth and like KB said, if using micro sd card you can send pic to card then pop card into pc to retrieve pics.

    Today was breezy and warm but at least some deer were moving. 2009

  • MrW i.e., one of many kodak moment spots. concretelogic

    First Look: The Hogwarts Express Arrives at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter | /Film 2010

  • Kodak sold all kinds of products and services throughout the 20th century, but the proof that Kodak had really “made it” as a brand was the ubiquity and longevity of its tagline: “Kodak moment.” The Kodak moment was an indelible part of the American lexicon, to the point where taking a snapshot of everyday life was synonymous with the Kodak brand.

    Kodak’s Unnoticed Moments Heather H. Rhodes 2018

  • But sometimes I get this nagging thought in my brain. It's the total Kodak moment of telling someone I'm seeing, that loves me, that I'm pregnant, and him getting all speechless with happiness, like some perfect daytime movie grossness.

    DAE get "Kodak moment" thoughts? childfreethrowaway99 2025

  • Kodak moments mean those special, unforgettable life moments worthy of capturing in a photograph. These times always make you wish you had a camera in hand to freeze the magic.

    Kodak Moments – Idiom, Meaning and Origin Candace Osmond 2023

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