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Snap

snap

Snap definitions

verb

Inflections:

snaps snapping snapped snap

break suddenly and completely, typically with a sharp cracking sound

"guitar strings kept snapping"

Synonyms:
break break in/into two fracture splinter separate come apart part split crack
- emit a sudden, sharp cracking sound
  
  "banners snapping in the breeze"
- move or alter with a brisk movement and typically a sharp sound
  
  "Rosa snapped her bag shut"
(of an animal) make a sudden audible bite

"a dog was snapping at his heels"

Synonyms:
bite gnash its teeth
suddenly lose one's self-control

"she claims she snapped after years of violence"

Synonyms:
lose one's self-control crack freak freak out get overwrought go to pieces get hysterical get worked up flare up
- say something quickly and irritably
  
  "McIllvanney snapped at her"
take a snapshot of

"he planned to spend the time snapping rare wildlife"

Synonyms:
photograph take/get a photograph/photo of take someone's picture/photo take/get a picture of picture take/get a snapshot/snap of take shoot take/get a shot of take a likeness of record film capture/record on film/celluloid
put (the ball) into play by a quick backward movement

"time will not be resumed until the ball is snapped on the next play"

noun

Inflections:

snap snaps

a sudden, sharp cracking sound or movement

"she closed her purse with a snap"

Synonyms:
click crack pop clink tick report smack whack crackle
- vigour or liveliness of style or action; zest
  
  "the snap of the dialogue"
a hurried, irritable tone or manner

"‘I'm still waiting,’ he said with a snap"
a snapshot

"holiday snaps"

Synonyms:
photograph picture photo shot snapshot likeness image portrait study print slide transparency negative positive plate film bromide frame exposure still proof enprint enlargement
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
- said when similar objects turn up or two similar events take place
  
  "‘Snap!’ They looked at each other's ties with a smile"
a sudden brief spell of cold or otherwise distinctive weather

"a cold snap"

Synonyms:
period spell time interval season stretch run
food, especially food taken to work to be eaten during a break
an easy task

"a control panel that makes operation a snap"

Synonyms:
easy task easy job child's play five-finger exercise gift walkover nothing sinecure gravy train
a quick backward movement of the ball from the ground that begins a play
a small fastener on clothing, engaged by pressing its two halves together; a press stud

"a black cloth jacket with a lot of snaps and attachments"

adjective

Inflections:

snap