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Sounds | snae'p |
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Rhymes | backslap, bootstrap, burlap, and 42 more rhymes in aep at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The act of catching an object with the hands. |
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Examples | "the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion" |
Synonyms | catch, grab, snatch |
Narrower | fair catch; interception; reception; rebound; shoestring catch; mesh, meshing, interlock, interlocking |
Broader | touch, touching |
Verbs | snap |
Meaning | A spell of cold weather. |
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Examples | "a cold snap in the middle of May" |
Broader | while, piece, spell, patch |
Meaning | Tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections. |
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Synonyms | snap bean |
Broader | green bean |
Meaning | A crisp round cookie flavored with ginger. |
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Synonyms | gingersnap, ginger snap, ginger nut |
Narrower | brandysnap |
Broader | cookie, cooky, biscuit |
Meaning | The noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand. |
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Examples | "servants appeared at the snap of his fingers" |
Broader | noise |
Verbs | snap; snap |
Meaning | A sudden sharp noise. |
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Examples | "he can hear the snap of a twig" |
Synonyms | crack, cracking |
Broader | noise |
Verbs | snap; snap; snap |
Meaning | A sudden breaking. |
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Broader | break |
Verbs | snap; snap |
Meaning | The tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed. |
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Examples | "the waistband had lost its snap" |
Synonyms | elasticity |
Narrower | resilience, resiliency; bounce, bounciness; give, spring, springiness; stretch, stretchiness, stretchability; temper, toughness; elasticity of shear |
Broader | physical property |
Contrary | inelasticity |
Meaning | An informal photograph. Usually made with a small hand-held camera. |
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Examples | "my snapshots haven't been developed yet" |
Synonyms | snapshot, shot |
Broader | photograph, photo, exposure, pic |
Verbs | snap |
Meaning | A fastener used on clothing. Fastens with a snapping sound. |
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Examples | "children can manage snaps better than buttons" |
Synonyms | snap fastener, press stud |
Broader | fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing |
Meaning | Any undertaking that is easy to do. |
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Synonyms | cinch, breeze, picnic, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake |
Narrower | doddle |
Broader | undertaking, project, task, labor |
Meaning | The act of snapping the fingers. Movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand. |
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Examples | "he gave his fingers a snap" |
Broader | motion, movement, move, motility |
Verbs | snap; snap |
Meaning | (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back. |
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Examples | "the quarterback fumbled the snap" |
Synonyms | centering |
Category | American football, American football game |
Broader | pass, toss, flip |
Verbs | snap |
Meaning | Utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
Model | They snap that there was a traffic accident |
Examples | "The sales clerky snapped a reply at the angry customer" |
Synonyms | snarl |
Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise |
Meaning | Separate or cause to separate abruptly. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | The ropes snap; The strong winds snap the rope |
Examples | "The rope snapped" |
Synonyms | tear, rupture, bust |
Narrower | lacerate; rend, rip, rive, pull; shred, tear up, rip up |
Broader | separate, disunite, divide, part |
Nouns | snap |
Meaning | Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "The rope snapped" |
Synonyms | crack |
Broader | break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart |
Nouns | snap |
Meaning | Move or strike with a noise. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "his arm was snapped forward" |
Synonyms | click |
Broader | move |
Nouns | snap |
Meaning | Snap close with a sound. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "The lock snapped shut" |
Broader | close, shut |
Nouns | snap |
Meaning | Make a sharp sound. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "his fingers snapped" |
Synonyms | crack |
Broader | sound, go |
Nouns | snap; snap |
Meaning | Move with a snapping sound. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "bullets snapped past us" |
Broader | move |
Nouns | snap |
Meaning | To grasp hastily or eagerly. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Synonyms | snatch, snatch up |
Narrower | swoop, swoop up |
Broader | seize, prehend, clutch |
See also | snap up |
Nouns | snap |
Meaning | Put in play with a snap. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "snap a football" |
Broader | hit |
Nouns | snap; snapper |
Meaning | Cause to make a snapping sound. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "snap your fingers" |
Synonyms | click, flick |
Broader | move |
Nouns | snapper; snap; snap |
Meaning | Lose control of one's emotions. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Examples | "When her baby died, she snapped" |
Synonyms | break down, lose it |
Narrower | dissolve; die; fall apart, go to pieces |
Broader | act, behave, do |
Meaning | Record on photographic film. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "She snapped a picture of the President" |
Synonyms | photograph, shoot |
Category | photography, picture taking |
Narrower | retake; x-ray |
Broader | record, enter, put down |
Similar to | film, shoot, take |
Nouns | snap |