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English to English adjective
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Done, performed, made, executed, carried through, or the like, quickly and without deliberation; as, a snap judgment or decision; a snap political convention. |  | source: webster1913 noun
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the act of catching an object with the hands | | Example: Mays made the catch with his back to the plate
he made a grab for the ball before it landed
Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away
the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion
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a spell of cold weather | | Example: a cold snap in the middle of May
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tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections | | source: wordnet30
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a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger | | source: wordnet30
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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 | | Example: servants appeared at the snap of his fingers
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a sudden sharp noise | | Example: the crack of a whip
he heard the cracking of the ice
he can hear the snap of a twig
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a sudden breaking | | source: wordnet30
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the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed | | Example: the waistband had lost its snap
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an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera | | Example: my snapshots haven't been developed yet
he tried to get unposed shots of his friends
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a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound | | Example: children can manage snaps better than buttons
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any undertaking that is easy to do | | Example: marketing this product will be no picnic
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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 | | 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 | | Example: the quarterback fumbled the snap
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A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone | | Example: The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer
The guard snarled at us
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separate or cause to separate abruptly | | Example: The rope snapped
tear the paper
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break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension | | Example: The pipe snapped
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move or strike with a noise | | Example: he clicked on the light
his arm was snapped forward
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close with a snapping motion | | Example: The lock snapped shut
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make a sharp sound | | Example: his fingers snapped
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move with a snapping sound | | Example: bullets snapped past us
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to grasp hastily or eagerly | | Example: Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone
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put in play with a snap | | Example: snap a football
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cause to make a snapping sound | | Example: snap your fingers
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lose control of one's emotions | | Example: When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely
When her baby died, she snapped
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bring the jaws together | | Example: he snapped indignantly
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record on photographic film | | Example: I photographed the scene of the accident
She snapped a picture of the President
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To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle. | | source: webster1913
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To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps. | | source: webster1913
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To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball). | | source: webster1913
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Of the eyes, to emit sudden, brief sparkles like those of a snapping fire, as sometimes in anger. | | source: webster1913
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