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snap

English

  1. 🔊 the act of snapping the fingers
    “he gave his fingers a snap”
  2. 🔊 a fastener used on clothing
    “children can manage snaps better than buttons”
  3. 🔊 a sudden breaking
  4. 🔊 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”
  5. 🔊 a spell of cold weather
    “a cold snap in the middle of May”
  6. 🔊 (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
    “the quarterback fumbled the snap”
  7. 🔊 an informal photograph
    “my snapshots haven't been developed yet”
  8. 🔊 the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
    “the waistband had lost its snap”
  9. 🔊 tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
  10. 🔊 a sudden sharp noise
    “the crack of a whip”
  11. 🔊 a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
  12. 🔊 the act of catching an object with the hands
    “Mays made the catch with his back to the plate”
  13. 🔊 any undertaking that is easy to do
    “marketing this product will be no picnic”
  14. 🔊 break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
    “The pipe snapped”
  15. 🔊 close with a snapping motion
    “The lock snapped shut”
  16. 🔊 utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
    “The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer”
  17. 🔊 cause to make a snapping sound
    “snap your fingers”
  18. 🔊 put in play with a snap
    “snap a football”
  19. 🔊 bring the jaws together
    “he snapped indignantly”
  20. 🔊 move or strike with a noise
    “he clicked on the light”
  21. 🔊 move with a snapping sound
    “bullets snapped past us”
  22. 🔊 make a sharp sound
    “his fingers snapped”
  23. 🔊 record on photographic film
    “I photographed the scene of the accident”
  24. 🔊 to grasp hastily or eagerly
    “Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone”
  25. 🔊 separate or cause to separate abruptly
    “The rope snapped”
  26. 🔊 lose control of one's emotions
    “When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely”

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