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Break (off), separate, crack; cleave, split, fracture,give way, part: The wind snapped off tree branches likematchsticks. The back legs of the chair snapped in two as shesat on it. 2 click; pop; crack: The door snapped shut.
Often, snap at. a bite (at), nip, gnash or snatch at: Thepostman ran down the street, the dog snapping at his heels. battack, lunge at, lash out (at), snarl at, growl (at), bark(at), be brusque or short or curt (with), Colloq jump down(someone's) throat, fly off the handle (at): Robin is in a badmood today, snapping at everyone.
Usually, snap up or US alsooff. grab (up), snatch (up), seize, pluck, pounce on or upon,make off with, take (away), capture, catch, get, secure: Thepeople who arrived early at the sale had snapped up all thebargains. 5 shoot, snapshot, photograph, click, catch: Healways has his camera with him so that he can snap anythinginteresting. 6 snap one's fingers at. disdain, scorn, flout,dismiss, contemn, disregard, ignore, defy, mock, deride, thumbone's nose at, Brit cock a snook at: He merely snapped hisfingers at the dangers when I mentioned them. 7 snap out of it.recover, come round or around, revive, awaken, wake up, perk up,liven up, cheer up; get a grip or (a) hold on or of oneself,pull oneself together, (re)gain control of oneself: I wasfeeling very blue yesterday but managed to snap out of it.
Crack, crackle, pop, click: The lid shut with a snap.9 spell, period, interval, wave: During that cold snap wethought we were in for a terrible winter.
Catch, springcatch, (snap-)fastener, fastening, clasp: Do you want snaps orbuttons sewn on this shirt?
Energy, vigour, animation,liveliness, vitality, bounce, alertness, sprightliness, ‚lan,dash, sparkle, verve, Colloq zip, zing, get-up-and-go, pep,pizazz: Granny certainly has a lot of snap left in her.
Oxford
A intr. (oftenfoll. by at) speak irritably or spitefully (to a person) (didnot mean to snap at you). b tr. say irritably or spitefully.
Brit. a a card-game inwhich players call 'snap' when two similar cards are exposed. b(as int.) on noticing the (often unexpected) similarity of twothings.
Snap at accept (bait, achance, etc.) eagerly (see also senses 4a and 5 of v.). snapbean US a bean grown for its pods which are broken into piecesand eaten. snap-bolt (or -lock) a bolt etc. which locksautomatically when a door or window closes. snap-brim (of ahat) with a brim that can be turned up and down at oppositesides. snap-fastener = press-stud (see PRESS(1)). snap one'sfingers 1 make an audible fillip, esp. in rhythm to music etc.2 (often foll. by at) defy; show contempt for. snap-hook (or-link) a hook or link with a spring allowing the entrance butbarring the escape of a cord, link, etc. snap off break off orbite off. snap off a person's head address a person angrily orrudely. snap out say irritably. snap out of sl. get rid of (amood, habit, etc.) by a sudden effort. snapping turtle anylarge American freshwater turtle of the family Chelydridae whichseizes prey with a snap of its jaws. snap up 1 accept (anoffer, a bargain) quickly or eagerly.
Snappable adj. snappingly adv.[prob. f. MDu. or MLG snappen, partly imit.]
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