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1.verbTo fracture or break apart suddenly."He snapped his stick in anger."
2.verbTo give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack."Blazing firewood snaps."
3.verbTo attempt to seize with the teeth or bite."A dog snaps at a passenger. A fish snaps at the bait."
4.verbTo attempt to seize with eagerness."She snapped at the chance to appear on television."
5.verbTo speak abruptly or sharply."He snapped at me for the slightest mistake."
6.verbTo give way abruptly and loudly.
7.verbTo suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension."She should take a break before she snaps."
8.verbTo flash or appear to flash as with light.
9.verbTo fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
10.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."
11.verbTo snatch with or as if with the teeth.
12.verbTo pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
13.verbTo say abruptly or sharply.
14.verbTo speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
15.verbTo cause something to emit a snapping sound."to snap a fastener"
16.verbTo close something using a snap as a fastener.
17.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.
18.verbTo cause to move suddenly and smartly.
19.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."
20.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."
21.verbTo misfire."The gun snapped."
22.verbTo catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).