snaps
noun
- 1
A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- 2
A sudden break.
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An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
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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.
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A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
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A photograph; a snapshot.
“We took a few snaps of the old church before moving on.”
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The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
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A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
“a ginger snap”
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A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
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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.
“I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap.”
- 11
A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
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A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
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(somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
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A small meal, a snack; lunch.
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A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
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A greedy fellow.
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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.
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Briskness; vigour; energy; decision
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Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.
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Something that is easy or effortless.
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A snapper, or snap beetle.
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Jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
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A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
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Something of no value.
“not worth a snap”
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A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
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A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
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A tool used by riveters.
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A tool used by glass-moulders.
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A brief theatrical engagement.
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An easy and profitable place or task; a sinecure.
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A cheat or sharper.
verb
- 1
To fracture or break apart suddenly.
“He snapped his stick in anger.”
- 2
To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
“Blazing firewood snaps.”
- 3
To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.
“A dog snaps at a passenger. A fish snaps at the bait.”
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To attempt to seize with eagerness.
“She snapped at the chance to appear on television.”
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To speak abruptly or sharply.
“He snapped at me for the slightest mistake.”
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To give way abruptly and loudly.
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To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
“She should take a break before she snaps.”
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To flash or appear to flash as with light.
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To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
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To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
“The floating toolbar will snap to the edge of the screen when dragged towards it.”
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To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
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To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
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To say abruptly or sharply.
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To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
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To cause something to emit a snapping sound.
“to snap a fastener”
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To close something using a snap as a fastener.
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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.
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To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
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To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
“He snapped a picture of me with my mouth open and my eyes closed.”
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To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
“He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him.”
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To misfire.
“The gun snapped.”
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To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
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