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NGSL Rank: 2727
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Meanings
verb
  • break suddenly and completely, typically with a sharp cracking sound.
    E.g. guitar strings kept snapping
  • (of an animal) make a sudden audible bite.
    E.g. a dog was snapping at his heels
  • suddenly lose one's self-control.
    E.g. she claims she snapped after years of violence
  • take a snapshot of.
    E.g. he planned to spend the time snapping rare wildlife
  • put (the ball) into play by a quick backward movement.
    E.g. time will not be resumed until the ball is snapped on the next play
noun
  • a sudden, sharp cracking sound or movement.
    E.g. she closed her purse with a snap
  • a hurried, irritable tone or manner.
    E.g. ‘I'm still waiting,’ he said with a snap
  • a snapshot.
    E.g. holiday snaps
  • a card game in which cards from two piles are turned over simultaneously and players call ‘snap’ as quickly as possible when two similar cards are exposed.
  • a sudden brief spell of cold or otherwise distinctive weather.
    E.g. a cold snap
  • food, especially food taken to work to be eaten during a break.
  • an easy task.
    E.g. a control panel that makes operation a snap
  • a quick backward movement of the ball from the ground that begins a play.
  • a small fastener on clothing, engaged by pressing its two halves together; a press stud.
    E.g. a black cloth jacket with a lot of snaps and attachments
adjective
  • done or taken on the spur of the moment, unexpectedly, or without notice.
    E.g. a snap decision

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