The Meaning of snap

• (n.) To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
• (n.) To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
• (n.) To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.
• (n.) To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up.
• (n.) To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip.
• (n.) To project with a snap.
• (v. i.) To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps.
• (v. i.) To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.
• (v. i.) 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.
• (v. i.) To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as, to snap at a child.
• (v. i.) To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.
• (v. t.) A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
• (v. t.) A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.
• (v. t.) A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.
• (v. t.) A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.
• (v. t.) A greedy fellow.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) A snap beetle.
• (v. t.) A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.
• (v. t.) Briskness; vigor; energy; decision.
• (v. t.) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained.

Synonyms

catch , grab , snatch , snap bean , gingersnap , ginger snap , ginger nut , crack , cracking , elasticity , snapshot , shot , snap fastener , press stud , cinch , breeze , picnic , duck soup , child's play , pushover , walkover , piece of cake , centering , snarl , tear , rupture , bust , crack , click , crack , snatch , snatch up , click , flick , break down , lose it , photograph , shoot

Antonyms

inelasticity

Homophones

snapp

Rhymes

app , backslap , bootstrap , burlap , cap , capp , catnap , chap , chapp , clap , clapp , crap , dapp , entrap , flap , flytrap , frap , gap , giap , handicap , hap , happ , happe , hubcap , jap , kapp , kidnap , klapp , knapp , kneecap , krapp , lap , lapp , lappe , madcap , map , mishap , mousetrap , nap , napp , nappe , overlap , pap , papp , rap , rapp , rappe , recap , sap , sapp , schapp , schappe , schnapp , scrap , shapp , skycap , slap , snapp , stapp , stopgap , strap , tap , tapp , tappe , trap , unwrap , wiretap , wrap , yap , yapp , zap , zapp