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
- 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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