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/snæp/
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snæp
Noun
A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
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A sudden break.
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An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
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The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
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A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
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A photograph; a snapshot.
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We took a few snaps of the old church before moving on.
The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
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A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
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a ginger snap
A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
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A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
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It'll be a snap to get that finished.
I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap.
A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
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A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
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According to Pro Football Focus, Simmons, listed at 6-foot-4 and 238 pounds, played at least 100 snaps at five positions — slot cornerback, edge rusher, linebacker and both safety spots — and finished with 16½ tackles for a loss, eight sacks, eight pass deflections and three interceptions.
A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
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A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
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A small meal, a snack; lunch.
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When I went to put my coat on at snap time, what should go runnin' up my arm but a mouse.
A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
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A greedy fellow.
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- Obsolete
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up rises a Cunning Snap, then at the Board, who desir'd to be Inform'd
That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
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He's a nimble fellow, / And alike skill'd in every liberal science, / As having certain snaps of all.
Briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
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Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.
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A Sea Soldier is certaine of victuals and wages, where the Land Soldiers pay will hardly find him sustenance. A Sea Soldier may now and than chaunce to haue a snapp at a bootie or a price, which may in an instant make him a fortune […]
The Profs they lead a jolly life, jolly life, / They're free from every care and strife, care and strife. / They make the studes, poor studes fall into line; / I wish the Profs' soft snap were mine.
Something that is easy or effortless.
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I’m afraid my course is regarded as a ‘snap.’ Everybody, it seems, can grasp English literature (and produce it).
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The job was a snap. I travelled the country averaging a thousand miles a week and, since the previous incumbent had been a lazy bugger, managed to treble the business. It was a cinch.
A snapper, or snap beetle.
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jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
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A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
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Something of no value.
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not worth a snap
Alternative letter-case form of Snap. A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
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By April 2014, over 700 million snaps are shared per day on Snapchat — more than Facebook, WhatsApp, and other social networks.
The oldest snaps will be deleted after 24 hours, and to keep the story going you'll have to add new content regularly.
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While Snapchat bases its whole product marketing on the auto-deletion of the snaps (images and videos) so that they are not stored, recent reports indicate otherwise.
A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
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A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
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A tool used by riveters.
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A tool used by glass-moulders.
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A brief theatrical engagement.
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A cheat or sharper.
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A newsflash.
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A 'snap' usually becomes a 'newsflash' on air. Keep snaps short, only run them when news is really 'hot', and try not to break a story within a few minutes of the bulletin unless it is top priority.
An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.
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[…] black communities, this “snap” or example of the “dozens” (the clever form of insult also known as signifying and dissin') appears: “Your father's so black that when he falls down, people hop over him for fear of falling in.”
The subcategory of snaps or rankouts often follows the formula of “Your mother's like——; she——,” or “Your mother's so——, she——.” Examples are “Your mother's like a door-knob; everyone gets a turn” and “Your mother's so low, she could play handball on the curb.”
A subgenre of hip-hop music derived from crunk.
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Snap is another music style that came out of Atlanta. Snap is an early- to mid-2000s hip hop style derived from crunk.
Verb
To fracture or break apart suddenly.
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He snapped his stick in anger.
If you bend it too much, it will snap.
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But this weapon will snap short, unfaithful to the hand that employs it.
To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
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Blazing firewood snaps.
To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
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A dog snaps at a passenger. A fish snaps at the bait.
To attempt to seize with eagerness.
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She snapped at the chance to appear on television.
To speak abruptly or sharply.
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He snapped at me for the slightest mistake.
To give way abruptly and loudly.
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To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
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She should take a break before she snaps.
He was in the Thunderbirds before the war. One of the best combat pilots in 'Nam. Snapped. No doubt about it.
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At the moment Carter snapped, a lunch break in J&M turned into a blood riot when half a dozen technicians dropped their snacks and began cannibalizing each other instead. In I&T, their opposite numbers began beating each other to death with keyboards, chairs, and even computer monitors while their Chief masticated her husband's digits.
To flash or appear to flash as with light.
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To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
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To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
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The floating toolbar will snap to the edge of the screen when dragged towards it.
To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
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He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last.
To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
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To say abruptly or sharply.
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“No, please, stop with this nonsense,” snapped Julian Nagelsmann. Germany had just lost 2-1 to Ecuador in their final group game and the television interviewer was suggesting that with Germany already qualified, perhaps the Ecuadoreans had simply wanted it more.
To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
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A surly, ill-bred Lord, That chides, and snaps her up at ev'ry Word
To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
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to snap a fastener
to snap a whip
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Three more birds came in, and as each took up his roosting place, the old bird repeated his challenge by snapping his beak at them.
"Time's up!" said Mr. Peeble, snapping his watch.
To close something using a snap as a fastener.
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To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
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MacMorian[…] snapped his fingers repeatedly.
To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
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To move or shift suddenly.
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The soldiers snapped to attention as the colonel entered the room.
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Veiksaar's half-baked .aic was running the camera feeds, and traced the path of destruction beginning in the workroom with brutal efficiency. The views snapped from scene to scene on five second intervals, and it was like watching an interpolation of every snuff film ever made.
To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
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He snapped a picture of me with my mouth open and my eyes closed.
I arrive at the station in time to snap a few pictures and observe my fellow passengers.
To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
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He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him.
To misfire.
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The gun snapped.
To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
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Interjection
The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
"I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
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Snap! We've both got pink buckets and spades.
Used to express agreement.
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Used in place of an expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
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I just ran over your phone with my car. —Oh, snap!
Used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
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—Wasn't that John? —Wasn't that John? —Snap!
Adjective
Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation.
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a snap judgment or decision
a snap political convention
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Now I should consider it a very snap judgment or a snap diagnosis for anybody to come into a medical society
Noun
the act of catching an object with the hands
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Mays made the catch with his back to the plate
he made a grab for the ball before it landed
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Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away
the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion
a spell of cold weather
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a cold snap in the middle of May
tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
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a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
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the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
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servants appeared at the snap of his fingers
a sudden sharp noise
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the crack of a whip
he heard the cracking of the ice
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he can hear the snap of a twig
a sudden breaking
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the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
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the waistband had lost its snap
an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
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my snapshots haven't been developed yet
he tried to get unposed shots of his friends
a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
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children can manage snaps better than buttons
any undertaking that is easy to do
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marketing this product will be no picnic
the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
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he gave his fingers a snap
(American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
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the quarterback fumbled the snap
Verb
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
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The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer
The guard snarled at us
separate or cause to separate abruptly
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The rope snapped
tear the paper
break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
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The pipe snapped
move or strike with a noise
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he clicked on the light
his arm was snapped forward
close with a snapping motion
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The lock snapped shut
make a sharp sound
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his fingers snapped
move with a snapping sound
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bullets snapped past us
to grasp hastily or eagerly
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Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone
put in play with a snap
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snap a football
cause to make a snapping sound
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snap your fingers
lose control of one's emotions
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When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely
When her baby died, she snapped
bring the jaws together
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he snapped indignantly
record on photographic film
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I photographed the scene of the accident
She snapped a picture of the President