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| 1. | [ verb ] utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone | |
| Synonyms: | snarl | |
| Examples: | "The sales clerky snapped a reply at the angry customer" "The guard snarled at us" |
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| Related terms: | talk snarl | |
| 2. | [ verb ] separate or cause to separate abruptly | |
| Synonyms: | tear rupture bust | |
| Examples: | "The rope snapped" "tear the paper" |
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| Related terms: | separate rend lacerate shred level shred pan rip tear | |
| 3. | [ verb ] break suddenly and abruptly; as of something under tension | |
| Synonyms: | crack | |
| Examples: | "The rope snapped" |
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| Related terms: | break | |
| 4. | [ verb ] snap close with a sound | |
| Examples: | "The lock snapped shut" |
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| Related terms: | close crack | |
| 5. | [ verb ] move or strike with a click | |
| Synonyms: | click | |
| Examples: | "then the brightness as he clicked on the light." |
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| Related terms: | move chink | |
| 6. | [ noun ] the act of catching an object with the hands | |
| Synonyms: | grab snatch catch | |
| Examples: | "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate" |
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| Related terms: | touch reception fair_catch shoestring_catch interception mesh rebound catch snatch snap_up grab grab | |
| 7. | [ verb ] cause to make a snapping sound; of fingers | |
| Synonyms: | flick click | |
| Related terms: | move | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (american football) put in play with a snap, of a football | |
| Related terms: | hit centering | |
| 9. | [ verb ] to grasp hastily or eagerly | |
| Synonyms: | snatch snatch_up | |
| Examples: | "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone" |
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| Related terms: | clutch seize swoop snap_up catch snatcher | |
| 10. | [ verb ] as of tightly stretched ropes or fingers | |
| Synonyms: | crack | |
| Related terms: | go cracker | |
| 11. | [ verb ] move with a snapping sound | |
| Examples: | "bullets snapped past us" |
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| Related terms: | move crack | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (physics) the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed | |
| Synonyms: | elasticity | |
| Examples: | "the waistband had lost its snap" |
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| Related terms: | inelasticity physical_property bounce spring resilience elasticity_of_shear temper stretch | |
| 13. | [ noun ] (photography) an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera | |
| Synonyms: | shot snapshot | |
| Examples: | "my snapshots haven't been developed yet" "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends" |
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| Related terms: | photograph photograph | |
| 14. | [ noun ] the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand | |
| Examples: | "servants appeared at the snap of his fingers" |
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| Related terms: | noise | |
| 15. | [ noun ] (chemistry,food) crisp cookie flavored with ginger | |
| Synonyms: | ginger_nut ginger_snap gingersnap | |
| Related terms: | cookie brandysnap | |
| 16. | [ noun ] a sudden breaking | |
| Related terms: | break | |
| 17. | [ noun ] (clothing) a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound | |
| Synonyms: | press_stud snap_fastener | |
| Examples: | "children can manage snaps better than buttons" |
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| Related terms: | fastener | |
| 18. | [ noun ] a sudden sharp noise | |
| Synonyms: | cracking crack | |
| Examples: | "the crack of a whip" "he heard the cracking of the ice" "he can hear the snap of a twig" |
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| Related terms: | noise crack | |
| 19. | [ verb ] lose control of one's emotions | |
| Synonyms: | break_down lose_it | |
| Examples: | "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely" "When her baby died, she snapped" |
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| Related terms: | act die fall_apart dissolve breakdown | |
| 20. | [ noun ] a spell of cold weather | |
| Examples: | "a cold snap in the middle of May" |
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| Related terms: | while | |
| 21. | [ noun ] the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand | |
| Examples: | "he gave his fingers a snap" |
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| Related terms: | motion | |
| 22. | [ noun ] (chemistry,food) tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections | |
| Synonyms: | snap_bean | |
| Related terms: | green_bean | |
| 23. | [ verb ] (photography) record on photographic film | |
| Synonyms: | photograph shoot | |
| Examples: | "I photographed the scene of the accident" "She snapped a picture of the President" |
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| Related terms: | record retake x-ray photography film photograph photographer | |
| 24. | [ noun ] any activity that is easy to do | |
| Synonyms: | cinch picnic breeze pushover child's_play piece_of_cake walkover duck_soup | |
| Examples: | "marketing this product will be no picnic" |
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| Related terms: | activity undertaking doddle walk_over | |
| 25. | [ noun ] (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back | |
| Synonyms: | centering | |
| Examples: | "the quarterback fumbled the snap" |
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| Related terms: | pass football_play American_football | |
| Similar spelling: |
Snapp Snape snappy snip snoop snipe snoopy snub snob |
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