Snap Meaning and Definition


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Snap meaning

Word: Snap

How to pronounce: snæp

Verb

Definitions:

1. Break or cause to break suddenly and completely, typically with a sharp cracking sound.

Example sentences: "Guitar strings kept snapping"

2. (of an animal) make a sudden audible bite.

Example sentences: "A dog was snapping at his heels"

3. Suddenly lose one's self-control.

Example sentences: "She claims she snapped after years of violence"

4. Take a snapshot of.

Example sentences: "He planned to spend the time snapping rare wildlife"

5. Put (the ball) into play by a quick backward movement from the ground.

Example sentences: "Time will not be resumed until the ball is snapped on the next play"

6. Fasten with snaps.

Noun

Definitions:

1. A sudden, sharp cracking sound or movement.

Example sentences: "She closed her purse with a snap"

2. A hurried, irritable tone or manner.

Example sentences: "“I'm still waiting,” he said with a snap"

3. A snapshot.

Example sentences: "Again don't worry about the quality; it can be a passport photo or a holiday snap!"

4. 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.

Example sentences: "The school is also encouraging parents to introduce their children to cards games such as old maid, snap and bridge."

5. An easy task.

6. A quick backward movement of the ball from the ground that begins a play.

Example sentences: "That quick snap enables the pitcher to get more movement on his pitches."

7. A small fastener on clothing, engaged by pressing its two halves together.

Example sentences: "A black cloth jacket with a lot of snaps and attachments"

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Done or taken on the spur of the moment, unexpectedly, or without notice.

Example sentences: "A snap judgment"

Abbreviation

Definitions:

1. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (a federal program providing people on low income with financial assistance to purchase food).


Synonyms:

click

cold snap

clasp

zip

break off

crack

cracking

grip

latch

grapple

hook

clap

slam

button

snarl

bark

shoot

grab

get

seize

snap fastener

catch

capture

snatch

snapshot

shot

tear

strain

rupture

crash

bust

flip

flick

dash

light

ray

pop

smack

smash

energy

vigor

photograph

photo

effortless

easy

facile

simple

print


Derivations:

snapped

snappy

snapper

snapping


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Snap in Other Languages...

Spanish: Encajar

German: Snap

French: Enfichable

Italian: Scattare

Turkish: Eklenti


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