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Synonyms for snap
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : snap |
| Phonetic Transcription : snæp |
Top 10 synonyms for snap Other synonyms for the word snap
- bark
- bite at
- breeze
- child's play
- cinch
- come apart
- crackle
- duck soup
- ease
- easy as pie
- flare
- fly off the handle
- get angry
- give way
- grasp
- grip
- growl
- grumble
- grunt
- jump down throat
- kid stuff
- lash out
- lurch
- nip
- no problem
- picnic
- pie
- retort
- smooth sailing
- snarl
- snatch
- snort
- soft touch
- take it out on
- twitch
- vent
- walkover
- yank
- yell
Définition 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
- 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
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