Join free

snapping

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

snapping¹

noun snappings

  1. The sound or action of a snap. Snappings, audible or palpable, were noted in 45 cases (77 per cent). They were either heard in the course of the examination (about half), or were mentioned in the anamnesis.
  2. The act of snapping at, or speaking sharply to, somebody. There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of snap

Snapping²

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of Snap

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: noisy, crackling, breaking, overflowing, mounting, fixing, adjusting, adjust, setting, tuning, turtle, fracturing, bursting, cracking, splitting, shattering

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"snapping." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/snapping. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

snapping. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/snapping

Chicago

"snapping." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/snapping.

BibTeX
@misc{snapping_2026,
  title = {snapping},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/snapping},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}