Snap
Definition of Snap
| v. t. | 1. | To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle. | | 2. | To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound. | | 3. | To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth. | | 4. | To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; - usually with up. | | 5. | To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip. | | 6. | To project with a snap. | | 7. | (Cricket) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball). | | v. i. | 1. | To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps. | | 2. | To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; - often with at; as, to snap at a child. | | 5. | To miss fire; as, the gun snapped. | | 6. | Of the eyes, to emit sudden, brief sparkles like those of a snapping fire, as sometimes in anger. | | n. | 1. | A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance. | | 2. | A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth. | | 3. | A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger. | | 4. | A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun. | | 5. | A greedy fellow. | | 6. | 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. | | 7. | A sudden severe interval or spell; - applied to the weather; as, a cold snap. | | 8. | 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. | | 9. | (Zool.) A snap beetle. | | 10. | A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; - used chiefly in the plural. | | 11. | Briskness; vigor; energy; decision. | | 12. | Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. | | 13. | 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. | | 14. | A snap shot with a firearm. | | 15. | (Photog.) A snapshot. | | 16. | Something of no value; as, not worth a snap. | | 17. | (Football) The action of snapping the ball back, from the center usu. to the quarterback, which commences the play (down), and, if the clock had stopped, restarts the timer clock; a snap back. | | a. | 1. | 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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