Word Finder - snap

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A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.

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A sudden break.

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An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.

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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.

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A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.

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A photograph; a snapshot.

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We took a few snaps of the old church before moving on.

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The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.

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A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.

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a ginger snap

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A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.

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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.

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I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap.

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A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.

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A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.

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(somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.

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A small meal, a snack; lunch.

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A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.

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A greedy fellow.

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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.

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Briskness; vigour; energy; decision

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Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.

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Something that is easy or effortless.

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A snapper, or snap beetle.

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Jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop

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A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.

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Something of no value.

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not worth a snap

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A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.

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A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.

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A tool used by riveters.

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A tool used by glass-moulders.

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A brief theatrical engagement.

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An easy and profitable place or task; a sinecure.

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A cheat or sharper.

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To fracture or break apart suddenly.

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He snapped his stick in anger.

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To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.

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Blazing firewood snaps.

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To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.

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A dog snaps at a passenger. A fish snaps at the bait.

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To attempt to seize with eagerness.

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She snapped at the chance to appear on television.

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To speak abruptly or sharply.

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He snapped at me for the slightest mistake.

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To give way abruptly and loudly.

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To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.

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She should take a break before she snaps.

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To flash or appear to flash as with light.

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To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.

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To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.

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The floating toolbar will snap to the edge of the screen when dragged towards it.

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To snatch with or as if with the teeth.

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To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.

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To say abruptly or sharply.

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To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.

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To cause something to emit a snapping sound.

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to snap a fastener

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To close something using a snap as a fastener.

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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 against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.

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To cause to move suddenly and smartly.

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To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).

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He snapped a picture of me with my mouth open and my eyes closed.

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To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).

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He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him.

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To misfire.

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The gun snapped.

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To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).

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Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation.

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a snap judgment or decision    a snap political convention

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The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.

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By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"

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Snap! We've both got pink buckets and spades.

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Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).

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Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.

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"I just ran over your phone with my car." "Oh, snap!"

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Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.

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"Wasn't that John?" "Wasn't that John?" "Snap!"