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SNAP
centering, snap
(noun) (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back; “the quarterback fumbled the snap”
catch, grab, snatch, snap
(noun) the act of catching an object with the hands; “Mays made the catch with his back to the plate”; “he made a grab for the ball before it landed”; “Martin’s snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away”; “the infielder’s snap and throw was a single motion”
snap
(noun) the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; “he gave his fingers a snap”
cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake
(noun) any undertaking that is easy to do; “marketing this product will be no picnic”
snap, snap fastener, press stud
(noun) a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound; “children can manage snaps better than buttons”
snapshot, snap, shot
(noun) an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; “my snapshots haven’t been developed yet”; “he tried to get unposed shots of his friends”
elasticity, snap
(noun) the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed; “the waistband had lost its snap”
snap
(noun) a sudden breaking
crack, cracking, snap
(noun) a sudden sharp noise; “the crack of a whip”; “he heard the cracking of the ice”; “he can hear the snap of a twig”
snap
(noun) the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; “servants appeared at the snap of his fingers”
gingersnap, ginger snap, snap, ginger nut
(noun) a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
snap
(noun) a spell of cold weather; “a cold snap in the middle of May”
snap, crack
(verb) break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; “The pipe snapped”
snap
(verb) close with a snapping motion; “The lock snapped shut”
snap, snarl
(verb) utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; “The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer”; “The guard snarled at us”
photograph, snap, shoot
(verb) record on photographic film; “I photographed the scene of the accident”; “She snapped a picture of the President”
snap, click, flick
(verb) cause to make a snapping sound; “snap your fingers”
snap
(verb) put in play with a snap; “snap a football”
snatch, snatch up, snap
(verb) to grasp hastily or eagerly; “Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone”
snap
(verb) bring the jaws together; “he snapped indignantly”
tear, rupture, snap, bust
(verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly; “The rope snapped”; “tear the paper”
snap, click
(verb) move or strike with a noise; “he clicked on the light”; “his arm was snapped forward”
snap
(verb) move with a snapping sound; “bullets snapped past us”
snap, crack
(verb) make a sharp sound; “his fingers snapped”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
snap (countable and uncountable, plural snaps)
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 making a snapping sound 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.
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.
(somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
(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.
(internet) A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
(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) An easy and profitable place or task; a sinecure.
(slang, dated) A cheat or sharper.
Verb
snap (third-person singular simple present snaps, present participle snapping, simple past and past participle (obsolete) snapt or snapped)
(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 with the teeth or bite.
(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.
(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).
(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).
Interjection
snap!
The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
(British, AU) By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
(British) Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).
(North America) Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
(British, Australia, NZ) Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
Synonyms
• (used after simultaneous utterance): jinx
Adjective
snap (not comparable)
(informal, attributive) Done, made, performed, etc, quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation.
Anagrams
• ANPs, NPAS, NSPA, PANs, PNAS, PNAs, Pans, SPAN, naps, pans, span
Proper noun
SNAP
(US) Acronym of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
(computing) Acronym of Subnetwork Access Protocol.
(computing) Acronym of Scalable Network Application Package.
(computing) Acronym of Symbolic Network Analysis Program.
Noun
SNAP (plural SNAPs)
(protein) Acronym of soluble NSF attachment protein.
Anagrams
• ANPs, NPAS, NSPA, PANs, PNAS, PNAs, Pans, SPAN, naps, pans, span
Source: Wiktionary
Snap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Snapping.] Etym: [LG. or D. snappen to snap up, to snatch; akin to G. schnappen, MHG. snaben, Dan. snappe, and to D. snavel beak, bill. Cf. Neb, Snaffle, n.]
1. To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle. Breaks the doors open, snaps the locks. Prior.
2. To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
3. To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth. He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last. South.
4. To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up. Granville.
5. To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip. MacMorian snapped his fingers repeatedly. Sir W. Scott.
6. To project with a snap. To snap back (Football), to roll the ball back with the foot; -- done only by the center rush, who thus delivers the ball to the quarter back on his own side when both sides are ranged in line.
– To snap off. (a) To break suddenly. (b) To bite off suddenly.
Snap, v. i.
1. To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps. But this weapon will snap short, unfaithful to the hand that employs it. Burke.
2. To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.
3. To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.
4. To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as, to snap at a child.
5. To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.
Snap, n. Etym: [Cf. D. snap a snatching. See Snap, v. t.]
1. A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
2. A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.
3. A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.
4. A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.
5. A greedy fellow. L'Estrange.
6. 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. He's a nimble fellow, And alike skilled in every liberal science, As having certain snaps of all. B. Jonson.
7. A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap. Lowell.
8. A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.
9. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A snap beetle.
10. A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.
11. Briskness; vigor; energy; decision. [Colloq.]
12. Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. [Slang] Snap back (Football), the act of snapping back the ball.
– Snap beetle, or Snap bug (Zoöl.), any beetle of the family Elateridæ, which, when laid on its back, is able to leap to a considerable height by means of a thoracic spring; -- called also snapping beetle.
– Snap flask (Molding), a flask for small work, having its sides separable and held together by latches, so that the flask may be removed from around the sand mold.
– Snap judgment, a judgment formed on the instant without deliberation.
– Snap lock, a lock shutting with a catch or snap.
– Snap riveting, riveting in which the rivets have snapheads formed by a die or swaging tool.
– Snap shot, a quick offhand shot, without deliberately taking aim.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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