| snap | |
| 1. subst. A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound. | |
| 2. subst. A sudden break. | |
| 3. subst. An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab. | |
| 4. subst. 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. | |
| 5. subst. A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used. | |
| 6. subst. A photograph (an abbreviation of snapshot) | |
| 7. subst. The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension. | |
| 8. subst. A thin circular cookie or similar good: | |
| a ginger snap | |
| 9. subst. A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap. | |
| 10. subst. 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. | |
| It'll be a snap to get that finished. | |
| I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap. | |
| 11. subst. A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris. | |
| 12. subst. (American football) The passing of a football from the center to a back that begins play, a hike. | |
| 13. subst. (somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment. | |
| 14. subst. (regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch. | |
| 15. subst. A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards. | |
| 16. subst. (obsolete) A greedy fellow. | |
| 17. subst. 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. | |
| 18. subst. briskness; vigour; energy; decision | |
| 19. subst. (slang) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap. | |
| 20. subst. (slang) Something that is easy or effortless. | |
| 21. subst. A snapper, or snap beetle. | |
| 22. subst. (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop | |
| 23. subst. A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot. | |
| 24. subst. (colloquial) Something of no value. | |
| not worth a snap | |
| 25. subst. A visual message sent on the application Snapchat. | |
| 26. v. (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly. | |
| He snapped his stick in anger. | |
| If you bend it too much, it will snap. | |
| 27. v. (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack. | |
| Blazing firewood snaps. | |
| 28. v. (intransitive) To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite. | |
| A dog snaps at a passenger. A fish snaps at the bait. | |
| 29. v. (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness. | |
| She snapped at the chance to appear on television. | |
| 30. v. (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply. | |
| He snapped at me for the slightest mistake. | |
| 31. v. (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly. | |
| 32. v. (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension. | |
| She should take a break before she snaps. | |
| 33. v. (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light. | |
| 34. v. (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound. | |
| 35. v. (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) 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. | |
| 36. v. To snatch with or as if with the teeth. | |
| 37. v. To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose. | |
| 38. v. To say abruptly or sharply. | |
| 39. v. (transitive, dated) To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up. | |
| 40. v. To cause something to emit a snapping sound. | |
| to snap a fastener | |
| to snap a whip | |
| 41. v. To close something using a snap as a fastener. | |
| 42. v. 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 again | |
| 43. v. To cause to move suddenly and smartly. | |
| 44. v. 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. | |
| 45. v. (transitive, American football) To put the ball in play by passing it from the center to a back; to hike the ball. | |
| He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him. | |
| 46. v. To misfire. | |
| The gun snapped. | |
| 47. v. (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball). | |
| 48. interj. The winning cry at a game of snap. | |
| 49. interj. (British) By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same." or similar | |
| Snap! We've both got pink buckets and spades. | |
| 50. interj. (British) Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap). | |
| 51. interj. (North America) Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously. | |
| "I just ran over your phone with my car." "Oh, snap!". | |
| 52. interj. (UK, Australia, NZ) Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time. | |
| "Wasn't that John?" "Wasn't that John?" "Snap!". | |
| 53. adj. (informal) Done, performed, made, etc. quickly and without deliberation. | |
| a snap judgment or decision; a snap political convention | |
