snap

noun snaps

1. countable, uncountable A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
2. countable, uncountable A sudden break.
3. countable, uncountable An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
4. countable, uncountable The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
5. countable, uncountable A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
6. countable, informal, uncountable A photograph; a snapshot. We took a few snaps of the old church before moving on.
7. countable, uncountable The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
8. countable, uncountable A thin circular cookie or similar baked good. a ginger snap
9. countable, uncountable A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
10. countable, uncountable 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. It'll be a snap to get that finished.
11. countable, uncountable A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
12. countable, uncountable A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike. According to Pro Football Focus, Simmons, listed at 6-foot-4 and 238 pounds, played at least 100 snaps at five positions — slot cornerback, edge rusher, linebacker and both safety spots — and finished with 16½ tackles for a loss, eight sacks, eight pass deflections and three interceptions.
13. colloquial, countable, uncountable A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
14. countable, uncountable A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
15. UK, countable, regional, uncountable A small meal, a snack; lunch. When I went to put my coat on at snap time, what should go runnin' up my arm but a mouse.
16. uncountable A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
17. countable, obsolete, uncountable A greedy fellow. up rises a Cunning Snap, then at the Board, who desir'd to be Inform'd
18. countable, uncountable 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. He's a nimble fellow, / And alike skill'd in every liberal science, / As having certain snaps of all.
19. countable, uncountable Briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
20. archaic, countable, slang, uncountable Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap. A Sea Soldier is certaine of victuals and wages, where the Land Soldiers pay will hardly find him sustenance. A Sea Soldier may now and than chaunce to haue a snapp at a bootie or a price, which may in an instant make him a fortune […]
21. countable, slang, uncountable Something that is easy or effortless. I’m afraid my course is regarded as a ‘snap.’ Everybody, it seems, can grasp English literature (and produce it).
22. countable, uncountable A snapper, or snap beetle.
23. countable, humorous, uncountable jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
24. countable, uncountable A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
25. colloquial, countable, uncountable Something of no value. not worth a snap
26. countable, uncountable A visual message sent through the Snapchat application. By April 2014, over 700 million snaps are shared per day on Snapchat — more than Facebook, WhatsApp, and other social networks.
27. abbreviation, clipping, colloquial, countable, uncountable Clipping of Snapchat (“user account on Snapchat”). “[…] What’s your snap?” she asks. “Oh here.” He jerks for his phone not trying to test her patience or invitation. They trade info. “Cool,” she comments and memorizes his username.
28. countable, uncountable A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
29. uncountable A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
30. countable, uncountable A tool used by riveters.
31. countable, uncountable A tool used by glass-moulders.
32. countable, dated, slang, uncountable A brief theatrical engagement.
33. countable, dated, slang, uncountable A cheat or sharper.
34. countable, uncountable A newsflash. A 'snap' usually becomes a 'newsflash' on air. Keep snaps short, only run them when news is really 'hot', and try not to break a story within a few minutes of the bulletin unless it is top priority.
35. countable, slang, uncountable An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens. […] black communities, this “snap” or example of the “dozens” (the clever form of insult also known as signifying and dissin') appears: “Your father's so black that when he falls down, people hop over him for fear of falling in.”

    Similar: rankout

36. uncountable A subgenre of hip-hop music derived from crunk. Snap is another music style that came out of Atlanta. Snap is an early- to mid-2000s hip hop style derived from crunk.

Similar: clack, click, clunk, crack, snap, pop · Opposite: humming

verb snaps · snapping · snapped · snapt

1. intransitive, transitive To fracture or break apart suddenly. He snapped his stick in anger.
2. intransitive To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack. Blazing firewood snaps.
3. intransitive To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc. A dog snaps at a passenger. A fish snaps at the bait.
4. intransitive To attempt to seize with eagerness. She snapped at the chance to appear on television.
5. intransitive To speak abruptly or sharply. He snapped at me for the slightest mistake.
6. intransitive To give way abruptly and loudly.
7. intransitive To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension. She should take a break before she snaps.
8. intransitive To flash or appear to flash as with light.
9. intransitive To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
10. intransitive To 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. transitive To snatch with or as if with the teeth. He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last.
12. transitive To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
13. transitive To say abruptly or sharply. “No, please, stop with this nonsense,” snapped Julian Nagelsmann. Germany had just lost 2-1 to Ecuador in their final group game and the television interviewer was suggesting that with Germany already qualified, perhaps the Ecuadoreans had simply wanted it more.
14. dated, transitive To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up. A surly, ill-bred Lord, That chides, and snaps her up at ev'ry Word
15. transitive To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly. to snap a fastener
16. transitive To close something using a snap as a fastener.
17. transitive 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. MacMorian[…] snapped his fingers repeatedly.
18. transitive To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
19. intransitive To move or shift suddenly. The soldiers snapped to attention as the colonel entered the room.
20. transitive To 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.
21. ditransitive Alternative letter-case form of Snap (“to send a visual message through the Snapchat application”). As I set myself up the round table, my phone lit up with a few notifications on Snapchat. Gustin snapped me a few pictures of the three boys in the park.
22. transitive To 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.
23. intransitive To misfire. The gun snapped.
24. transitive To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).

interjection snap!

1. The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
2. Australia, UK, broadly "I've got one the same!", "Me too!" Snap! We've both got pink buckets and spades.
3. UK, broadly Used to express agreement.
4. Canada, US Used in place of an 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!
5. Australia, New Zealand, UK Used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time. —Wasn't that John? —Wasn't that John? —Snap!

   Similar: jinx

adjective

1. attributive, informal, not comparable Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation. a snap judgment or decision

proper noun

1. US, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Lots of people who are in compliance with the new rules – either because they already work or meet exemption criteria – could lose their assistance because of red tape, said Dottie Rosenbaum, the center’s director of federal SNAP policy.
2. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Subnetwork Access Protocol
3. abbreviation, acronym, historical Acronym of Scalable Network Application Package
4. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Symbolic Network Analysis Program

noun SNAPs

1. abbreviation, acronym, countable, uncountable Acronym of soluble NSF attachment protein
2. abbreviation, acronym, countable, uncountable Acronym of S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine

proper noun

1. abbreviation, clipping, colloquial Clipping of Snapchat Others pointed to messages on Snap, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube with doctored clips of “news reports” saying that voting was rigged where they lived and said, Why even bother voting?

noun Snaps · snap

1. A visual message sent through the Snapchat application. The Snapstreak increases when you and your friend send a Snap to each other within a 24-hour period for three consecutive days.

   Similar: Snapchat

2. abbreviation, clipping, colloquial Clipping of Snapchat (“user account on Snapchat”). “Can we exchange info or something? Maybe we can meet up tomorrow.” “Sure, my Snap is NoWaySims.” “That sounds like a fake account,” Ty said.

verb Snaps · Snapping · Snapped · snap

1. ditransitive To send a visual message through the Snapchat application. “Snap Clark again, Bea,” Madeline said. “Hopefully he’ll send another bathing suit pic.” / Bea smoothed her hair down and sat up straight on the diving board. She sucked in her cheeks, making her lips all pouty, and took a selfie. For someone who didn’t know how to use Snapchat half an hour ago, she

   Similar: Snapchat