Definition of "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 a 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 (an abbreviation of snapshot).
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The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
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A thin circular cookie or similar good:.
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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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A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
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The passing of a football from the center to a back that begins play, a hike.
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A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
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A small meal, a snack.
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A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards.
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Lunch.
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verb:
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To fracture or break apart suddenly.
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To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
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To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.
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To attempt to seize with eagerness.
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To speak abruptly or sharply.
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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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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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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 cause something to emit a snapping sound, such as 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, thereby creating the same sound.
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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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(American football) To pass the ball from the center to a back; to hike the ball.
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interjection:
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The winning cry at a game of snap.
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By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same." or similar.
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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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Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
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