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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).