Definition of snap

adjective (a)

• Done, performed, made, executed, carried through, or the like, quickly and without deliberation; as, a snap judgment or decision; a snap political convention. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• the act of catching an object with the hands (noun.act)

  Synonym: catch, grab, snatch
  

  Example:
  The infielder's snap and throw was a single motion.
  

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• a spell of cold weather (noun.time)

  Synonym: cold snap, cold spell
  

  Example:
  A cold snap in the middle of May.
  

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• tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections (noun.food)

  Synonym: snap bean
  

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• a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger (noun.food)

  Synonym: ginger nut, ginger snap, gingersnap
  

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• the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand (noun.event)

  Example:
  Servants appeared at the snap of his fingers.
  

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• a sudden sharp noise (noun.event)

  Synonym: crack, cracking
  

  Example:
  He can hear the snap of a twig.
  

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• a sudden breaking (noun.event)

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• the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: elasticity
  Antonym: inelasticity
  

  Example:
  The waistband had lost its snap.
  

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• an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: shot, snapshot
  

  Example:
  My snapshots haven't been developed yet.
  

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• a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: press stud, snap fastener
  

  Example:
  Children can manage snaps better than buttons.
  

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• any undertaking that is easy to do (noun.act)

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• the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand (noun.act)

  Example:
  He gave his fingers a snap.
  

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• (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back (noun.act)

  Synonym: centering
  

  Example:
  The quarterback fumbled the snap.
  

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• A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• Any task, labor, set of circumstances, or the like, that yields satisfactory results or gives pleasure with little trouble or effort, as an easy course of study, a job where work is light, a bargain, etc. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone (verb.communication)

  Synonym: snarl
  

  Example:
  The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer.
  

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• separate or cause to separate abruptly (verb.contact)

  Synonym: bust, rupture, tear
  

  Example:
  The rope snapped.
  

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• break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension (verb.change)

  Synonym: crack
  

  Example:
  The pipe snapped.
  

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• move or strike with a noise (verb.motion)

  Synonym: click
  

  Example:
  His arm was snapped forward.
  

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• close with a snapping motion (verb.change)

  Example:
  The lock snapped shut.
  

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• make a sharp sound (verb.perception)

  Example:
  His fingers snapped.
  

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• move with a snapping sound (verb.motion)

  Example:
  Bullets snapped past us.
  

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• to grasp hastily or eagerly (verb.contact)

  Synonym: snatch, snatch up
  

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• put in play with a snap (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Snap a football.
  

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• cause to make a snapping sound (verb.contact)

  Synonym: click, flick
  

  Example:
  Snap your fingers.
  

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• lose control of one's emotions (verb.emotion)

  Synonym: break down, lose it
  

  Example:
  When her baby died, she snapped.
  

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• bring the jaws together (verb.contact)

  Example:
  He snapped indignantly.
  

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• record on photographic film (verb.communication)

  Synonym: photograph, shoot
  

  Example:
  She snapped a picture of the President.
  

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• To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball). (verb)

  source: webster1913
• Of the eyes, to emit sudden, brief sparkles like those of a snapping fire, as sometimes in anger. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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