Snap

11 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snap \Snap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Snapping}.] [LG. or D. snappen to snap up, to snatch; akin
     to G. schnappen, MHG. snaben, Dan. snappe, and to D. snavel
     beak, bill. Cf. {Neb}, {Snaffle}, n.]
     1. To break at once; to break short, as substances that are
        brittle.


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              Breaks the doors open, snaps the locks. --Prior.
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     2. To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
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     3. To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.
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              He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has
              been snapped by it at last.           --South.
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     4. To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat
        snappishly; -- usually with up. --Granville.
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     5. To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to
        snap a whip.
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              MacMorian snapped his fingers repeatedly. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     6. To project with a snap.
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     7. (Cricket) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just
        snicked a bowled ball).
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     {To snap back} (Football), to roll the ball back with the
        foot; -- done only by the center rush, who thus delivers
        the ball to the quarter back on his own side when both
        sides are ranged in line.
  
     {To snap off}.
        (a) To break suddenly.
        (b) To bite off suddenly.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snap \Snap\, v. i.
     1. To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as,
        a mast snaps; a needle snaps.
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              But this weapon will snap short, unfaithful to the
              hand that employs it.                 --Burke.
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     2. To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to
        crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.
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     3. To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth;
        to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a
        dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.
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     4. To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as,
        to snap at a child.
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     5. To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.
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     6. Of the eyes, to emit sudden, brief sparkles like those of
        a snapping fire, as sometimes in anger.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snap \Snap\, n. [Cf. D. snap a snatching. See {Snap}, v. t.]
     1. A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
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     2. A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to
        seize, as with the teeth.
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     3. A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung
        from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.
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     4. A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a
        whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.
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     5. A greedy fellow. --L'Estrange.
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     6. That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten
        off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement;
        hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
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              He's a nimble fellow,
              And alike skilled in every liberal science,
              As having certain snaps of all.       --B. Jonson.
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     7. A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the
        weather; as, a cold snap. --Lowell.
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     8. A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a
        spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the
        catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.
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     9. (Zool.) A snap beetle.
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     10. A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with
         ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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     11. Briskness; vigor; energy; decision. [Colloq.]
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     12. Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an
         advantage gained. [Slang]
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     13. Any task, labor, set of circumstances, or the like, that
         yields satisfactory results or gives pleasure with little
         trouble or effort, as an easy course of study, a job
         where work is light, a bargain, etc. [Slang, Chiefly U.
         S.]
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     14. A snap shot with a firearm.
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     15. (Photog.) A snapshot.
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     16. Something of no value; as, not worth a snap. [Colloq.]
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     17. (Football) The action of snapping the ball back, from the
         center usu. to the quarterback, which commences the play
         (down), and, if the clock had stopped, restarts the timer
         clock; a {snap back}.
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     {Snap back} (Football), the act of snapping back the ball.
  
     {Snap beetle}, or {Snap bug} (Zool.), any beetle of the
        family {Elateridae}, which, when laid on its back, is able
        to leap to a considerable height by means of a thoracic
        spring; -- called also {snapping beetle}.
  
     {Snap flask} (Molding), a flask for small work, having its
        sides separable and held together by latches, so that the
        flask may be removed from around the sand mold.
  
     {Snap judgment}, a judgment formed on the instant without
        deliberation.
  
     {Snap lock}, a lock shutting with a catch or snap.
  
     {Snap riveting}, riveting in which the rivets have snapheads
        formed by a die or swaging tool.
  
     {Snap shot}, a quick offhand shot, without deliberately
        taking aim.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snap \Snap\, a.
     Done, performed, made, executed, carried through, or the
     like, quickly and without deliberation; as, a snap judgment
     or decision; a snap political convention. [Colloq.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  snap
       n 1: the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the
            catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for
            the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the
            bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the
            infielder's snap and throw was a single motion" [syn: {catch},
             {grab}, {snatch}]
       2: a spell of cold weather; "a cold snap in the middle of May"
       3: tender green beans without strings that easily snap into
          sections [syn: {snap bean}]
       4: a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger [syn: {gingersnap},
           {ginger snap}, {ginger nut}]
       5: the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from
          the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand;
          "servants appeared at the snap of his fingers"
       6: a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the
          cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"
          [syn: {crack}, {cracking}]
       7: a sudden breaking
       8: the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after
          it has been stretched or compressed; "the waistband had
          lost its snap" [syn: {elasticity}] [ant: {inelasticity}]
       9: an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held
          camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he
          tried to get unposed shots of his friends" [syn: {snapshot},
           {shot}]
       10: a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound;
           "children can manage snaps better than buttons" [syn: {snap
           fastener}, {press stud}]
       11: any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product
           will be no picnic" [syn: {cinch}, {breeze}, {picnic}, {duck
           soup}, {child's play}, {pushover}, {walkover}, {piece of
           cake}]
       12: the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from
           the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; "he
           gave his fingers a snap"
       13: (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it
           (between the legs) to a back; "the quarterback fumbled
           the snap" [syn: {centering}]
       v 1: utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerky
            snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard
            snarled at us" [syn: {snarl}]
       2: separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped";
          "tear the paper" [syn: {tear}, {rupture}, {bust}]
       3: break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The rope
          snapped" [syn: {crack}]
       4: move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his
          arm was snapped forward" [syn: {click}]
       5: snap close with a sound; "The lock snapped shut"
       6: make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped" [syn: {crack}]
       7: move with a snapping sound; "bullets snapped past us"
       8: to grasp hastily or eagerly; "Before I could stop him the
          dog snatched the ham bone" [syn: {snatch}, {snatch up}]
       9: put in play with a snap; "snap a football"
       10: cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" [syn: {click},
            {flick}]
       11: lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had
           not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her
           baby died, she snapped" [syn: {break down}, {lose it}]
       12: record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of
           the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
           [syn: {photograph}, {shoot}]
       [also: {snapping}, {snapped}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  609 Moby Thesaurus words for "snap":
     Photostat, Telephoto, Wirephoto, X-ray, Xerox, a continental,
     a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, abrupt, ad-lib, adaptability,
     aerial photograph, aggressiveness, alertness, animation,
     articulate, attack, automatic, awaken, bagatelle, bang, bar, bark,
     bark at, barricade, bash, bat, batten, batten down, bauble, bawl,
     beak, bean, bellow, belt, bibelot, biff, bit, bite, bitter weather,
     black-and-white photograph, blare, blat, bleak weather, blubber,
     bolt, bolus, bonk, boom, bounce, bounciness, bowl, brass farthing,
     bray, breach, break, break off, break open, break up, breathe,
     breeze, briskness, brush, buckle, bunt, buoyance, buoyancy, burst,
     bust, butt, button, button up, buzz, cackle, calotype,
     candid photograph, capture, capture on film, cast, casual,
     catapult, catch, caught napping, caught off balance, caught short,
     cent, champ, chant, chaw, check, cheer up, cheesecake, chew, chip,
     chirp, choke, choke off, chomp, chronophotograph, chuck, chunk,
     cinch, clack, clap, clasp, cleat, cleave, click, clip, clobber,
     close, close up, clout, clump, clutch, cold snap, cold wave,
     cold weather, coldcock, color, color photograph, color print,
     come apart, come around, come round, come unstuck, constrict,
     contain, contemn, contract, coo, cover, crack, cracking, crackle,
     crackling, crepitate, crepitation, crow, cud, curio, cursory, cut,
     dab, dart, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, decrepitate,
     decrepitation, defy, depth of winter, deride, diapositive, disdain,
     disintegrate, dismiss, disregard, dovetail, drawl, drive,
     easy target, easy thing, elan, elasticity, energy, enterprise,
     exclaim, exfoliate, expeditious, extemporaneous, extemporized,
     extensibility, fall to pieces, farce, farthing, fasten, fastening,
     feather, festinate, fetch, fetch a blow, feverish, fig, fillip,
     film, fire, fissure, fleabite, flexibility, flick, fling, flip,
     flirt, flout, flush, flute, flying, fold, fold up, folderol, fork,
     fracture, freeze, freezing weather, fribble, frippery, frost,
     frown, furious, gasp, gaud, get, get-up-and-go, gewgaw, gimcrack,
     ginger, give, give away, give way, glare, glower, gnarl, gnash,
     gob, grab, grasp, graze, growl, grumble, grunt, gut, guts, hair,
     halfpenny, haphazard, hard winter, hasp, hasty, heave, heliochrome,
     heliograph, hill of beans, hinge, hiss, hit, hit a clip, hitch,
     hook, hotness, hurl, hurried, hurtle, ignore, ill-advised,
     ill-considered, ill-devised, immediate, impromptu, improvised,
     inadvertent, incautious, indeliberate, initiative, instant,
     instantaneous, interval, involuntary, jab, jam, jerk, jest, joint,
     joke, keen, key, kick, kickshaw, knickknack, knickknackery, knock,
     knock cold, knock down, knock out, lance, lash out at, last-minute,
     latch, launch, let fly, let have it, lilt, liveliness, lob, lock,
     lock out, lock up, look daggers, lower, lug, lunge at, lurch,
     make off with, makeshift, mantle, microfilm, minikin, miter, mock,
     mockery, molehill, montage, morsel, mortise, mouthful, mug,
     mug shot, mumble, munch, murmur, mutter, nail, nibble, nip,
     nippiness, occlude, on the spot, padlock, pan, pant, part, pass,
     passing, paste, pat, peck, peg, pelt, pep, pepper, peppercorn,
     pepperiness, period, perk up, photo, photobiography,
     photochronograph, photograph, photomap, photomicrograph,
     photomontage, photomural, picayune, pick, picnic, picture, pie,
     piece of cake, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, pinup, pipe,
     piss and vinegar, pitch, pitchfork, pizzazz, pluck, plumb, plunk,
     poke, poop, pop, portrait, pounce on, pounce upon, precipitate,
     prompt, punch, push, pushover, put, put the shot, quick, quid,
     rabbet, raciness, radiograph, rap, rash, raw weather, rebound,
     recover, red cent, redden, reflex, reflexive, relish, resilience,
     resiliency, responsiveness, revive, rivet, roar, roentgenograph,
     rough-and-ready, row of pins, rumble, rupture, rush, scale, scarf,
     scorn, scowl, scream, screech, screw, seal, seal off, seal up,
     secure, seize, separate, serve, setup, sew, shit, shoot, shot,
     shriek, shut, shut the door, shut up, shy, sibilate, sigh,
     sinecure, sing, sitting duck, sizzling, skewer, slam, slap-bang,
     slapdash, slide, sling, slog, slug, smack, smite, snap at,
     snappiness, snapping, snapshoot, snapshot, snarl, snatch,
     snatch at, sneeshing, snip, snort, soak, sob, sock, soft,
     soft touch, sou, sparkle, speedy, spell, spice, spiciness, spit,
     spitting, split, spontaneous, sprightliness, spring, spring a leak,
     springiness, spunk, squall, squawk, squeal, squeeze shut, staple,
     starch, start, stick, still, still photograph, stitch, strangle,
     straw, stretch, stretchability, stretchiness, strike, strike at,
     subzero weather, sudden, superficial, surprised, swallow, swat,
     swift, swipe, tack, take a photograph, take away, taken aback,
     taken by surprise, taken unawares, talbotype, tang, tanginess, tap,
     telephotograph, throw, thrust, thump, thunder, thwack, tickle,
     tilt, tip, toggle, tone, tonicity, tonus, toss, touch, toy,
     transparency, trifle, trinket, tripped up, triviality, trumpet,
     tuppence, twang, twitch, two cents, twopence, unadvised,
     unarranged, unbegun, uncalculated, unconcocted, unconscious,
     unconsidered, uncontrived, undeliberate, undeliberated, undesigned,
     undevised, unhatched, unintended, unintentional, unmade,
     unmanufactured, unmeditated, unorganized, unplanned,
     unpremeditated, unprepared, unprimed, unready, unstudied, unwilled,
     urgent, vellicate, velvet, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, wail,
     wake up, wallop, warble, wave, wedge, whack, wham, whim-wham,
     whine, whisk, whisper, whop, winter, wintry weather, wintry wind,
     yank, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, yerk, zero weather, zest, zestfulness,
     zing, zip, zip up, zipper
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SNAP
       SubNetwork Access Protocol (LAN, ethernet)
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SNAP
       SubNetwork Attachment Point (IEEE 802.1a)
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SNAP
       System and Network Administration Program
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  snap v. To replace a pointer to a pointer with a direct pointer; to
     replace an old address with the forwarding address found there. If you
     telephone the main number for an institution and ask for a particular
     person by name, the operator may tell you that person's extension before
     connecting you, in the hopes that you will `snap your pointer' and dial
     direct next time. The underlying metaphor may be that of a rubber band
     stretched through a number of intermediate points; if you remove all the
     thumbtacks in the middle, it snaps into a straight line from first to
     last. See {chase pointers}.
  
     Often, the behavior of a {trampoline} is to perform an error check
     once and then snap the pointer that invoked it so as henceforth to
     bypass the trampoline (and its one-shot error check). In this context
     one also speaks of `snapping links'. For example, in a LISP
     implementation, a function interface trampoline might check to make sure
     that the caller is passing the correct number of arguments; if it is,
     and if the caller and the callee are both compiled, then snapping the
     link allows that particular path to use a direct procedure-call
     instruction with no further overhead.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  SNAP
       
          1. Early (IBM 360?) interpreted text-processing language for
          beginners, close to basic English.  ["Computer Programming in
          English", M.P. Barnett, Harcourt Brace 1969].
       
          2. ["Some Proposals for SNAP, A Language with Formal Macro
          Facilities", R.B. Napper, Computer J 10(3):231-243 (1967)].
          [same as 1?]
       
          3. To replace a pointer to a pointer with a direct pointer; to
          replace an old address with the forwarding address found
          there.  If you telephone the main number for an institution
          and ask for a particular person by name, the operator may tell
          you that person's extension before connecting you, in the
          hopes that you will "snap your pointer" and dial direct next
          time.  The underlying metaphor may be that of a rubber band
          stretched through a number of intermediate points; if you
          remove all the thumbtacks in the middle, it snaps into a
          straight line from first to last.  See {chase pointers}.
       
          Often, the behaviour of a {trampoline} is to perform an error
          check once and then snap the pointer that invoked it so as
          henceforth to bypass the trampoline (and its one-shot error
          check).  In this context one also speaks of "snapping links".
          For example, in a {Lisp} implementation, a function interface
          trampoline might check to make sure that the caller is passing
          the correct number of arguments; if it is, and if the caller
          and the callee are both compiled, then snapping the link
          allows that particular path to use a direct procedure-call
          instruction with no further overhead.
       
          [{Jargon File}]