snap
snap is a 4-letter English word with 49 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
- noun. To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
- noun. To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.
- noun. To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up.
- noun. To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip.
- noun. To project with a snap.
- intransitive verb. To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps.
- intransitive verb. To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- intransitive verb. To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as, to snap at a child.
- intransitive verb. To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.
- transitive verb. A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
- transitive verb. A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.
- transitive verb. A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.
- transitive verb. A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.
- transitive verb. A greedy fellow.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. A snap beetle.
- transitive verb. A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.
- transitive verb. Briskness; vigor; energy; decision.
- transitive verb. Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained.
- noun. (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
"the quarterback fumbled the snap"
- noun. the act of catching an object with the hands
"Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"
"he made a grab for the ball before it landed"
- noun. the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
"he gave his fingers a snap"
- noun. any undertaking that is easy to do
"marketing this product will be no picnic"
- noun. a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
"children can manage snaps better than buttons"
- noun. an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
"my snapshots haven't been developed yet"
"he tried to get unposed shots of his friends"
- noun. the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
"the waistband had lost its snap"
- noun. a sudden breaking
- noun. a sudden sharp noise
"the crack of a whip"
"he heard the cracking of the ice"
- noun. the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
"servants appeared at the snap of his fingers"
- noun. a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
- noun. tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
- noun. a spell of cold weather
"a cold snap in the middle of May"
- verb. break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
"The pipe snapped"
- verb. close with a snapping motion
"The lock snapped shut"
- verb. utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
"The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"
"The guard snarled at us"
- verb. record on photographic film
"I photographed the scene of the accident"
"She snapped a picture of the President"
- verb. cause to make a snapping sound
"snap your fingers"
- verb. put in play with a snap
"snap a football"
- verb. to grasp hastily or eagerly
"Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone"
- verb. bring the jaws together
"he snapped indignantly"
- verb. separate or cause to separate abruptly
"The rope snapped"
"tear the paper"
- verb. lose control of one's emotions
"When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"
"When her baby died, she snapped"
- verb. move or strike with a noise
"he clicked on the light"
"his arm was snapped forward"
- verb. move with a snapping sound
"bullets snapped past us"
- verb. make a sharp sound
"his fingers snapped"
Synonyms
centering, catch, grab, snatch, breeze, cinch, picnic, pushover, walkover, shot, snapshot, elasticity, crack, cracking, gingersnap, snarl, photograph, shoot, click, flick, bust, rupture, tear
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in snap:
Common word forms
snaps, snaper, snapped, snapper, snapless, snapping
Words from these letters
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