point-and-shoot (point??n-sho?ot?)adj. Of, relating to, or being a camera that adjusts settings such as focus and exposure automatically.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.point-and-shoot adj (Photography) of or relating to a camera in which the lens aperture and shutter speed are automatically adjusted Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014