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snap
has definitions from the fields of sport,american football,photography,clothing,physics,chemistry,food
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[ verb ] separate or cause to separate abruptly
Examples "The rope snapped" "tear the paper" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)She snapped five tenths of a second off the mark set by Helen_Shipley , of Wellsley_College , in the National_A.A.U. meet in Columbus , Ohio . |
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[ verb ] break suddenly and abruptly; as of something under tension
Synonyms Examples "The rope snapped" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)The medical device pirate of today , of_course , is a far more sophisticated operator than his predecessor of yesteryear - the gallus snapping hawker of snake_oil and other patent_medicines . Related terms |
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[ verb ] move or strike with a click
Synonyms Examples "then the brightness as he clicked on the light." Used in print (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)I decided I hated the Pedersen kid too , dying in our kitchen while I was away where I could n't watch , dying just to entertain Hans and making me go_up snapping steps and down a drafty hall , Pa lumped under the covers at the end like dung covered with snow , snoring and whistling . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)He snapped to alertness at Andy 's entrance . |
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[ noun ] the act of catching an object with the hands
Examples "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate" Used in print (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)His hands snatched at an imaginary bucket , swooping down hard to grab it and coming_away with equal snap like a ball that 's been bounced hard . Related terms touch reception fair_catch shoestring_catch interception mesh rebound catch snatch snap_up grab grab |
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[ verb ] cause to make a snapping sound; of fingers
Used in print (Science of Mind, 34:11...)I have calculated that if I could snap my fingers in one magic gesture to release the power of all the hydrogen in my body , I would explode with the force of a_hundred bombs of the kind that fell on Hiroshima . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (american football) put in play with a snap, of a football
Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)He sits there remembering the tense moment before the ball was snapped ; the churning of straining feet , the rasp of the canvas pants ; the smell and feel of hot , wet woolen sleeves across his face . |
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[ verb ] to grasp hastily or eagerly
Examples "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone" Used in print (Francis Pollini, Night....)His eyes blinked hard , snapping on and squashing some bad things that were trying to push their way into him . |
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[ verb ] as of tightly stretched ropes or fingers
Synonyms Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Pale yellow snapdragons that by pinching could be made to bite ; seed-pods of the balsams that snapped like fire-crackers at a touch ; red and yellow columbines whose round tipped spurs were picked_off and eaten for the honey in them ; morning-glory buds which could be so grasped and squeezed that they burst like a blown-up paper_bag ; bright flowers from the trumpet_vine that made `` gloves '' on the ends of ten waggling fingers . |
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[ noun ] (physics) the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
Synonyms Examples "the waistband had lost its snap" Related terms inelasticity physical_property bounce spring resilience elasticity_of_shear temper stretch |
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[ noun ] (photography) an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
Examples "my snapshots haven't been developed yet" "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
Examples "servants appeared at the snap of his fingers" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) crisp cookie flavored with ginger
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[ noun ] a sudden breaking
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[ noun ] (clothing) a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
Synonyms Examples "children can manage snaps better than buttons" Related terms |
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[ verb ] lose control of one's emotions
Synonyms Examples "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely" "When her baby died, she snapped" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
Examples "he gave his fingers a snap" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
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[ verb ] (photography) record on photographic film
Synonyms Examples "I photographed the scene of the accident" "She snapped a picture of the President" Related terms record retake x-ray photography film photograph photographer |
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[ noun ] any activity that is easy to do
Examples "marketing this product will be no picnic" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
Synonyms Examples "the quarterback fumbled the snap" Related terms |
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