Antonyms for snapped

Grammar : Verb

Spell : snap

Phonetic Transcription : snæp

Definition of snapped

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.

verb separate, break
verb bite, seize
verb speak sharply

Example sentences :

Then, hardly looking at his target, he snapped his rifle back to his shoulder and fired.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

"We don't scare worth a cent," she snapped, with the virulence of a vixen.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Burke's broad jowls shook from the force with which he snapped his jaws together.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

He struck the rivet such a blow that he snapped one shank of his spur short off.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

"I don't see that it matters, whether she could or not," snapped the Little Doctor.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

Lauriston snapped his fingers and shrugged his shoulders in contempt of duty.
Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa

In his excitement the dominie had snapped the stem of his tobacco pipe in two.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

"Then let him enter here; I have no time to go out to listen to his talk," snapped Betty.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

When she was dead, might not a tie, between the uncle and nephew, be snapped asunder?
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"Well, I want to see him, and I want to see him before noon," he snapped.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

Synonyms for snapped

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