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   snap

   /snap/

   verb

   • 1. break or cause to break suddenly and completely, typically with a sharp cracking sound: "guitar strings kept snapping" Similar breakbreak in/into twofracturesplinterseparatecome apartpartsplitcrackinformal:bustOpposite hold
   • ▪ emit a sudden, sharp cracking sound: "banners snapping in the breeze" Similar crackflickclickcrackleflutterwaveflapquivervibrate
   • ▪ cause to move or alter in a specified way with a brisk movement and typically a sharp sound: "Rosa snapped her bag shut"
   • 2. (of an animal) make a sudden audible bite: "a dog was snapping at his heels" Similar bitegnash its teethtry to bitetry to nip
   • 3. suddenly lose one's self-control: "she claims she snapped after years of violence" Similar lose one's self-controlcrackfreakfreak outget overwroughtgo to piecesget hystericalget worked upflare upinformal:crack uplose one's coolblow one's topfly off the handlethrow a wobbly
   • ▪ say something quickly and irritably: "McIllvanney snapped at her" Similar say/speak roughlysay/speak brusquelysay/speak nastilysay/speak abruptlysay/speak angrilybarksnarlgrowlflinghurllash out atretortrejoinriposteretaliatesnap backround on someoneinformal:jump down someone's throatfly off the handle at
   • 4. take a snapshot of: "he planned to spend the time snapping rare wildlife" Similar photographtake/get a photograph/photo oftake someone's picture/phototake/get a picture ofpicturetake/get a snapshot/snap oftakeshoottake/get a shot oftake a likeness ofrecordfilmcapture/record on film/celluloid
   • 5. put (the ball) into play by a quick backward movement from the ground: "time will not be resumed until the ball is snapped on the next play"
   • 6. fasten with snaps: "he pulled a white rubber swim hat over his head and snapped it under his chin"

   noun

   • 1. a sudden, sharp cracking sound or movement: "she closed her purse with a snap" Similar clickcrackpopclinktickreportsmackwhackcrackle
   • ▪ vigor or liveliness of style or action; zest: "the snap of the dialogue" Similar dynamismlifegoenergyspiritvigorvigorousnesslivelinesssparklevivacityvitalitysprightlinessforceforcefulnessdrivestrengthanimationvervepanacheelanenthusiasmexuberancegustobriozestbiteinformal:oomphpizzazzzingzipfeistinessOpposite inertialethargy
   • 2. a hurried, irritable tone or manner: "“I'm still waiting,” he said with a snap"
   • 3. a snapshot. Similar photographpicturephotoshotsnapshotlikenessimageportraitstudyprintslidetransparencynegativepositiveplatefilmbromideframeexposurestillproofenprintenlargement
   • 4. a card game in which cards from two piles are turned over simultaneously and players call “snap” as quickly as possible when two similar cards are exposed. British
   • 5. an easy task: informal North American "a control panel that makes operation a snap"
   • 6. a quick backward movement of the ball from the ground that begins a play.
   • 7. a small fastener on clothing, engaged by pressing its two halves together: North American "a black cloth jacket with a lot of snaps and attachments"

   adjective

   • 1. done or taken on the spur of the moment, unexpectedly, or without notice: "a snap judgment"

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the senses ‘make a sudden audible bite’ and ‘quick sharp biting sound’): probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German snappen ‘seize’; partly imitative.

   Derivatives

   • 1. snappable adjective

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    SNAPPED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of snap 2. past simple and past participle of snap . Learn more.

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    The meaning of SNAP is to make a sudden closing of the jaws : seize something sharply with the mouth. How to use snap in a sentence.