Snapping

5 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]:

  Snapping \Snap"ping\,
     a. & n. from {Snap}, v.
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     {Snapping beetle}. (Zool.) See {Snap beetle}, under {Snap}.
        
  
     {Snapping turtle}. (Zool.)
     (a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle ({Chelydra
         serpentina}) common in the fresh waters of the United
         States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey
         by a snap of its jaws. Called also {mud turtle}.
     (b) See {Alligator snapper}, under {Alligator}.
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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  snapping
       See {snap}

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

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "snapping":
     awfully, clack, click, crack, cracking, crackle, crackling,
     crepitant, crepitation, damned, decrepitation, dreadfully,
     extremely, hugely, rattling, sizzling, snap, spanking, spitting,
     whacking, whopping