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snap
English
- 🔊 the act of snapping the fingers“he gave his fingers a snap”
- 🔊 a fastener used on clothing“children can manage snaps better than buttons”
- 🔊 a sudden breaking
- 🔊 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”
- 🔊 a spell of cold weather“a cold snap in the middle of May”
- 🔊 (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back“the quarterback fumbled the snap”
- 🔊 an informal photograph“my snapshots haven't been developed yet”
- 🔊 the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed“the waistband had lost its snap”
- 🔊 tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
- 🔊 a sudden sharp noise“the crack of a whip”
- 🔊 a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
- 🔊 the act of catching an object with the hands“Mays made the catch with his back to the plate”
- 🔊 any undertaking that is easy to do“marketing this product will be no picnic”
- 🔊 break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension“The pipe snapped”
- 🔊 close with a snapping motion“The lock snapped shut”
- 🔊 utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone“The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer”
- 🔊 cause to make a snapping sound“snap your fingers”
- 🔊 put in play with a snap“snap a football”
- 🔊 bring the jaws together“he snapped indignantly”
- 🔊 move or strike with a noise“he clicked on the light”
- 🔊 move with a snapping sound“bullets snapped past us”
- 🔊 make a sharp sound“his fingers snapped”
- 🔊 record on photographic film“I photographed the scene of the accident”
- 🔊 to grasp hastily or eagerly“Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone”
- 🔊 separate or cause to separate abruptly“The rope snapped”
- 🔊 lose control of one's emotions“When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely”