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snap

[snap] verb, snapped, snap⋅ping, noun, adjective, adverb
–verb (used without object)
1. to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
2. to click, as a mechanism or the jaws or teeth coming together.
3. to move, strike, shut, catch, etc., with a sharp sound, as a door, lid, or lock.
4. to break suddenly, esp. with a sharp, cracking sound, as something slender and brittle: The branch snapped.
5. to act or move with quick or abrupt motions of the body: to snap to attention.
6. Photography. to take a photograph, esp. without formal posing of the subject.
7. to make a quick or sudden bite or grab (often fol. by at).
8. to utter a quick, sharp sentence or speech, esp. a command, reproof, retort, etc. (often fol. by at).
9. to be radiant; sparkle; flash, as the eyes.
–verb (used with object)
10. to seize with or take, buy, or obtain as with a quick bite or grab (fol. by up or off): The bargains were snapped up.
11. to secure, judge, vote, etc., hastily: They snapped the bill through Congress.
12. to cause to make a sudden, sharp sound: to snap one's fingers.
13. to crack (a whip).
14. to bring, strike, shut, open, operate, etc., with a sharp sound or movement: to snap a lid down.
15. to address or interrupt (a person) quickly and sharply.
16. to say or utter (words, a command, a retort, etc.) in a quick, sharp manner: to snap complaints.
17. to break suddenly, esp. with a cracking sound: to snap a stick in half.
18. Photography. to take a photograph of, esp. quickly.
19. Building Trades. to transfer (a line) to a surface by means of a chalk line.
20. Football. to put (the ball) into play by tossing it back to the quarterback or other member of the offensive backfield, esp. from between the legs when bent over double and facing the line of scrimmage; center.
21. Hunting. to fire (a shot) quickly, esp. without raising the gun to aim from the eye.
–noun
22. a quick, sudden action or movement, as the flick of a whip or the breaking of a twig.
23. a short, sharp sound, as that caused by breaking a twig or closing a latch.
24. a catch or fastener that closes by pressure and clicks together.
25. Informal. briskness, vigor, or energy: That song has a lot of snap.
26. a quick, sharp speech or manner of speaking: He uttered his commands with a snap.
27. a quick or sudden bite or grab, as at something: The fish ate with little snaps.
28. something obtained by or as by biting or grabbing: a snap of food.
29. a brittle cookie.
30. a short spell or period, as of cold weather: an unexpected cold snap.
31. Photography. a snapshot.
32. Informal. an easy, profitable, or agreeable position, piece of work, or the like: This job is a snap.
33. Football. the act or an instance of snapping the ball.
34. a snap bean.
35. Informal. a snapdragon.
36. British. a packed lunch, as that carried by a worker or traveler.
–adjective
37. fastening or closing with a click or snap, as a device fitted with a spring catch: a snap lock.
38. made, done, taken, etc., suddenly or offhand: a snap judgment.
39. easy or simple.
–adverb
40. in a brisk, sudden manner.
41. snap to,
a. to come to attention: The troops snapped to when the colonel walked in.
b. to shape up: If you don't snap to and study, you'll flunk the course.
42. not give or care a snap of one's fingers for, to regard with indifference; treat lightly. Also, not give or care a snap.
43. snap one's fingers at. finger (def. 23).
44. snap out of, to free oneself from; recover from: It took him a long time to snap out of his grief.
45. snap someone's head off. bite (def. 32).

Origin:
1485–95; < D or LG snappen to bite, seize


snapless, adjective
snap⋅pa⋅ble, adjective
snap⋅ping⋅ly, adverb
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Slang Dictionary
snap

  1. n.
    a snapshot. : I got some good snaps of the fish you caught.
  2. in.
    to go crazy. : His mind snapped, and he's never been right since.
  3. n.
    a snap an easy thing to do. (Always with a in this sense.) : Nothing to it. It's a snap.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

snap  (v.)
1530, "to make a quick bite" (of animals), from snap (n.). Meaning "to break suddenly or sharply" is first recorded 1602; the mental sense is from 1970s. U.S. football sense first recorded 1887. Snapping turtle is attested from 1784. To snap the fingers is from 1671. Snappish "peevish" is first recorded 1542.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

snap (snāp)
n.
A short sharp sound; a click. Used especially of cardiac sounds.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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