snap
snap
snÃĻp
snāp
/snÃĻp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "snap"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ­āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž, āĻĢāĻžāϟāĻž

to suddenly break with a sharp noise
Intransitive
to snap definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ice on the lake began to thaw, causing it to snap and crack under its own weight.
āĻšā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāϰāĻĢ āĻ—āϞāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇, āĻāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ“āϜāύ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻĢāĻžāϟāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĢāĻžāϟāϞ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻĢ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϰ⧇āϗ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž

to suddenly speak in an angry and harsh tone
Intransitive: to snap at sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She snapped at her children when they kept asking for snacks while she was trying to work.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ āϚāĻžāχāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞāĨ¤
03

āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to close suddenly and sharply, often accompanied by a distinct sound
Linking Verb: to snap [adj]
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The door snapped closed behind him as he entered the room.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϘāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
04

āϤāĻžā§œāĻžāϤāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž

to eagerly attempt to seize or grasp something
Intransitive: to snap at an opportunity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She snapped at the opportunity to travel abroad and explore new cultures.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāϪ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ—āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āϟāĻžāύāĻžāϟāĻžāύāĻŋ, āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause something to emit a sharp sound
Transitive: to snap sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She snapped the elastic band in frustration, the loud sound echoing in the quiet room.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻžāϝāĻŧ āχāϞāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāϟāĻŋ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϘāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϞ⧋āĨ¤
06

āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ, āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to initiate play by quickly moving the ball into play from a stationary position
Transitive: to snap a ball
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soccer player snapped the ball into play with a quick pass to her teammate.
āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻŦāϞ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāϤ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻĨāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
07

āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ, āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ

to move something quickly and sharply, often accompanied by a sharp sound
Complex Transitive: to snap sth [adj]
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She snapped the lid closed on the container to keep the cookies fresh.
āϕ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϜāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϜāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āύāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
08

āϟ⧁āĻ‚ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž

to produce a sharp, abrupt sound, often resulting from the breaking or sudden movement of an object
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He heard the ice snap beneath his feet as he walked across the frozen lake.
āĻŦāϰāĻĢ⧇ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻšā§āϰāĻĻ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻŦāϰāĻĢ āĻĢāĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϞāĨ¤
09

āϤ⧋āϞāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž

to take a quick and casual photograph
Transitive: to snap a photograph
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tourist snapped photos of famous landmarks as they explored the city.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāϟāĻ• āĻļāĻšāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
10

āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

(of animals) to make a sudden, audible biting motion
Intransitive: to snap at sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dog snapped at the treat, eagerly catching it in mid-air.
āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ, āωāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞāĨ¤
11

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§‹āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to suddenly and uncontrollably react with intense anger, frustration, or emotional outburst, often resulting in a loss of control
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The pressure became too much, and she snapped, yelling at her classmates during the group project.
āϚāĻžāĻĒ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞ, āĻ—ā§āϰ⧁āĻĒ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦā§‹āϤāĻžāĻŽ, āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϏ āĻŦā§‹āϤāĻžāĻŽ

a small fastener made of two interlocking discs, commonly used on clothing and accessories, that closes with a sharp sound
snap definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The baby 's romper closes with a row of snaps.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϰ āϰ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϏ āĻāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ, āϕ⧁āϰāϕ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϟ āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āφāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇

a small, crunchy cookie with a pronounced ginger flavor
snap definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Grandma baked a tin of ginger snaps.
āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§€ āφāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϟ-āĻāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϟāĻŋāύ āĻŦ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϧāϰāĻž, āϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻ–āϞ

the action of quickly catching an object with the hands
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With a sudden snap, he caught the coin.
04

āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ, āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϏ

(American football) the act of passing the ball from the center to the quarterback to start a play
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He called for the snap and quickly threw a pass.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĄāĻžāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āϛ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āϏāĻšāϜ, āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•āĻžāϜ

a task or activity that is easy and straightforward to complete
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Fixing the leaky faucet was a snap once he had the right tools.
āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϏāϰāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĢ⧁āĻŸā§‹ āĻ•āϞ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āĻ āĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ•

the act of producing a sharp sound by pressing the thumb and a finger together and releasing suddenly
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The magician ended the trick with a snap of his fingers.
āϜāĻžāĻĻ⧁āĻ•āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻ•ā§āĻ āĻ•ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
07

āϤāĻžā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ

a casual photograph, often taken quickly without special preparation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The holiday album was full of family snaps.
āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻŦāĻžāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āϰāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
08

āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ•āϤāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž

the ability of a material to return to its original shape after being stretched or compressed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rubber band lost its snap after heavy use.
āϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ•āϤāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
09

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϟāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

a sudden sharp or cracking sound
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She heard the snap of the trap closing.
āϏ⧇ āĻĢāĻžāρāĻĻ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϟāĻ•āϟāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
10

āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āύ, āϛ⧇āĻĻ

a sudden act of breaking
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The snap of the branch startled them.
āĻĄāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϟ⧁āϟ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϚāĻŽāϕ⧇ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
11

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻĸ⧇āω, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϰ⧋āϤ

a short period of sudden, intense cold weather
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The crops suffered during the recent snap.
āĻĢāϏāϞ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
12

"āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ" āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āϗ⧇āĻŽ, āĻœā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŽā§‡āϞāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āϗ⧇āĻŽ

a children's card game in which players place cards one by one and the winner is the first to shout "snap" when noticing two matching cards together
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She won the round by yelling " snap " first.
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13

a packed lunch or meal, typically prepared at home to eat later in the day

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Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She packed a proper snap with sandwiches and fruit.

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snapper
snap
App
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