snap

IPA: snˈæp

noun

  • A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
  • A sudden break.
  • An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
  • The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
  • A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
  • (informal) A photograph; a snapshot.
  • The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
  • A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
  • A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
  • 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.
  • A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
  • (American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
  • (colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
  • (fishing) A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
  • (UK, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
  • (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
  • (obsolete) A greedy fellow.
  • 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.
  • briskness; vigour; energy; decision
  • (slang, archaic) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.
  • (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
  • A snapper, or snap beetle.
  • (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
  • A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
  • (colloquial) Something of no value.
  • (social media) A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
  • (Linux) A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
  • (uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
  • A tool used by riveters.
  • A tool used by glass-moulders.
  • (slang, dated) A brief theatrical engagement.
  • (slang, dated) A cheat or sharper.
  • A newsflash.
  • (slang) An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.
  • (US) Acronym of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. [(US) a federal program that provides food-purchasing assistance for low-income individuals]
  • (computing) Acronym of Subnetwork Access Protocol.
  • (computing) Acronym of Scalable Network Application Package.
  • (computing) Acronym of Symbolic Network Analysis Program.
  • (biochemistry) Acronym of soluble NSF attachment protein.
  • Clipping of Snapchat. [(Internet) A mobile photo-messaging application, introduced in 2011.]
  • Clipping of Snapchat (“user account on Snapchat”). [(Internet) A mobile photo-messaging application, introduced in 2011.]

verb

  • (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
  • (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
  • (intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
  • (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
  • (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
  • (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
  • (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
  • (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
  • (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
  • (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
  • (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
  • (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
  • (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
  • (transitive, dated) To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
  • (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
  • (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
  • (transitive) 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.
  • (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
  • (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
  • (social media, transitive) To send a visual message through the Snapchat application.
  • (transitive, American football) To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
  • To misfire.
  • (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).

adjective

  • (informal, attributive) Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation.
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Examples of "snap" in Sentences

  • I snapped the stick.
  • The wooden stick then snaps with sound.
  • A snap in sunshade was a desirable option.
  • He snapped photos of the rainbow for keepsakes.
  • I got fed up with their obtuseness and snapped.
  • At the end of the dance, the pants snap and fall off.
  • The ball was snapped with the holder unprepared for the play.
  • Originally, the snap was executed with the foot of the center.
  • In these cases the undercut is stripped or snapped out of the mold.

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