| Snap (snap) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Snap |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Snapped (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Snapping.] [LG. or D. snappen to snap up, to snatch]
akin to G. schnappen, MHG. snaben, Dan. snappe,
and to D. snav |
To break at once; to
break short, as substances that are brittle.
To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp
sound.
To bite or seize suddenly, especially with
the teeth.
To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry
words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up.
To crack; to cause to make a sharp,
cracking noise; as, to snap a whip.
To project with a snap.
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To
break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast
snaps; a needle snaps.
To give forth, or produce, a sharp,
cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.
To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize
with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with
at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps
at the bait.
To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; --
often with at; as, to snap at a child.
To miss fire; as, the gun
snapped.
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A sudden breaking or rupture of any
substance.
A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or
effort to seize, as with the teeth.
A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the
finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.
A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the
crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a
gun.
A greedy fellow.
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.
A sudden severe interval or spell; --
applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.
A small catch or fastening held or closed
by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as
the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.
A snap
beetle.
A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and
flavored with ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Briskness; vigor; energy; decision.
Any circumstance out of which money may be
made or an advantage gained.
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| Snap (snap) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Snap |
| (Cricket) |
To
catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled
ball).
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Of the eyes, to emit
sudden, brief sparkles like those of a snapping fire, as sometimes in
anger.
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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.
A snap shot with a firearm.
A snapshot.
Something of no value; as, not worth a
snap.
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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.
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