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1.nounA quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
2.nounA sudden break.
3.nounAn attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
4.nounThe 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.
5.nounA fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
6.nounA photograph; a snapshot."We took a few snaps of the old church before moving on."
7.nounThe sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
8.nounA thin circular cookie or similar baked good."a ginger snap"
9.nounA brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
10.nounA 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."I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap."
11.nounA snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
12.nounA backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
13.noun(somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
14.nounA small meal, a snack; lunch.
15.nounA card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
16.nounA greedy fellow.
17.nounThat 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.
18.nounBriskness; vigour; energy; decision
19.nounAny circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.
20.nounSomething that is easy or effortless.
21.nounA snapper, or snap beetle.
22.nounJounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
23.nounA quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
24.nounSomething of no value."not worth a snap"
25.nounA visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
26.nounA crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
27.nounA tool used by riveters.
28.nounA tool used by glass-moulders.
29.nounA brief theatrical engagement.
30.nounAn easy and profitable place or task; a sinecure.
31.nounA cheat or sharper.
32.verbTo fracture or break apart suddenly."He snapped his stick in anger."
33.verbTo give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack."Blazing firewood snaps."
34.verbTo attempt to seize with the teeth or bite."A dog snaps at a passenger. A fish snaps at the bait."
35.verbTo attempt to seize with eagerness."She snapped at the chance to appear on television."
36.verbTo speak abruptly or sharply."He snapped at me for the slightest mistake."
37.verbTo give way abruptly and loudly.
38.verbTo suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension."She should take a break before she snaps."
39.verbTo flash or appear to flash as with light.
40.verbTo fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
41.verbTo jump to a fixed position relative to another element."The floating toolbar will snap to the edge of the screen when dragged towards it."
42.verbTo snatch with or as if with the teeth.
43.verbTo pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
44.verbTo say abruptly or sharply.
45.verbTo speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
46.verbTo cause something to emit a snapping sound."to snap a fastener"
47.verbTo close something using a snap as a fastener.
48.verbTo 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.
49.verbTo cause to move suddenly and smartly.
50.verbTo take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound)."He snapped a picture of me with my mouth open and my eyes closed."
51.verbTo put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football)."He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him."
52.verbTo misfire."The gun snapped."
53.verbTo catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
54.adjectiveDone, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation."a snap judgment or decision a snap political convention"
55.interjectionThe cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
56.interjectionBy extension from the card game, "I've got one the same!", "Me too!""Snap! We've both got pink buckets and spades."
57.interjectionRitual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).
58.interjectionUsed in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.""I just ran over your phone with my car." "Oh, snap!""
59.interjectionRitual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.""Wasn't that John?" "Wasn't that John?" "Snap!""