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Snap (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snapping.] [LG. or D. snappen to snap up, to snatch; akin to G. schnappen, MHG. snaben, Dan. snappe, and to D. snavel beak, bill. Cf. Neb, Snaffle, n.] 1. To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
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Breaks the doors open, snaps the locks. Prior.
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2. To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
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3. To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.
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He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last. South.
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4. To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up. Granville.
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5. To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip.
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MacMorian snapped his fingers repeatedly. Sir W. Scott.
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6. To project with a snap.
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7. (Cricket) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
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To snap back (Football), to roll the ball back with the foot; -- done only by the center rush, who thus delivers the ball to the quarter back on his own side when both sides are ranged in line. -- To snap off. (a) To break suddenly. (b) To bite off suddenly.
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Snap, v. i. 1. To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps.
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But this weapon will snap short, unfaithful to the hand that employs it. Burke.
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2. To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.
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3. To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.
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4. To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as, to snap at a child.
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5. To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.
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6. Of the eyes, to emit sudden, brief sparkles like those of a snapping fire, as sometimes in anger.
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Snap, n. [Cf. D. snap a snatching. See Snap, v. t.] 1. A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
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2. A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.
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3. A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.
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4. A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.
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5. A greedy fellow. L'Estrange.
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6. 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.
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He's a nimble fellow,
And alike skilled in every liberal science,
As having certain snaps of all. B. Jonson.
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7. A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap. Lowell.
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8. A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.
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9. (Zo&ö;l.) A snap beetle.
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10. A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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11. Briskness; vigor; energy; decision. [Colloq.]
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12. Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. [Slang]
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13. Any task, labor, set of circumstances, or the like, that yields satisfactory results or gives pleasure with little trouble or effort, as an easy course of study, a job where work is light, a bargain, etc. [Slang, Chiefly U. S.]
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14. A snap shot with a firearm.
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15. (Photog.) A snapshot.
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16. Something of no value; as, not worth a snap. [Colloq.]
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17. (Football) The action of snapping the ball back, from the center usu. to the quarterback, which commences the play (down), and, if the clock had stopped, restarts the timer clock; a snap back.
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Snap back (Football), the act of snapping back the ball. -- Snap beetle, or Snap bug (Zo&ö;l.), any beetle of the family Elateridæ, which, when laid on its back, is able to leap to a considerable height by means of a thoracic spring; -- called also snapping beetle. -- Snap flask (Molding), a flask for small work, having its sides separable and held together by latches, so that the flask may be removed from around the sand mold. -- Snap judgment, a judgment formed on the instant without deliberation. -- Snap lock, a lock shutting with a catch or snap. -- Snap riveting, riveting in which the rivets have snapheads formed by a die or swaging tool. -- Snap shot, a quick offhand shot, without deliberately taking aim.
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Snap, a. Done, performed, made, executed, carried through, or the like, quickly and without deliberation; as, a snap judgment or decision; a snap political convention. [Colloq.]
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