Antonyms for snap

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : snap

Phonetic Transcription : snæp

Definition of snap

Origin : late 15c., "quick, sudden bite or cut," from Dutch or Low German snappen "to snap," probably related to Middle Low German or Middle Dutch snavel "bill, beak," from West Germanic *snu-, an imitative root forming words having to do with the nose (see snout).
As an adjective from 1790. Commonly used to indicate instantaneous action, e.g. snap judgment (1841). Sense of "quick movement" is first recorded 1630s; that of "something easily done" is 1877. Meaning "brief or sudden spell" of weather (usually cold) is from 1740. Meaning "catch or fastener that closes with a snapping sound" is from 1815. The card game name is attested from 1881, from a call used in the game. Meaning "a snap-shot" is from 1894. U.S. football sense is from 1912, earlier snap-back (1880), which also was a name for the center position. Snap, Crackle and Pop, cartoon characters associated with Kellogg breakfast cereal Rice Krispies, are from 1940.

noun easy thing to accomplish
verb separate, break
verb bite, seize
verb speak sharply

Example sentences :

It broke with a snap and there was not a thing she could do.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

If he was to be believed, he used to snap you regular at point.'
Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie

She only holds him by a thread; and if you draw it too tight (I know his temper) it'll snap.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

"Then you will not speak," she said, opening her parasol with a snap.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

With them it was snap and slash and get away, snap and slash and get away.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

It closed with a snap behind him, cutting off the pursuing howls of rage.
Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner

Then he fought, his teeth flashing in a snap that sank them into the hand.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

He could not quite suppress a snarl, but he made no offer to snap.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Weedon Scott had believed that he was quick enough to avoid any snap or slash.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Unless you tell me that I mind a snap of my fingers where the Duke of Strelsau is.
Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope

Synonyms for snap

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