snap

utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone

• “The sales clerky snapped a reply at the angry customer”
• “The guard snarled at us”

separate or cause to separate abruptly

• “The rope snapped”
• “tear the paper”

break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension

• “The rope snapped”

move or strike with a noise

• “he clicked on the light”
• “his arm was snapped forward”

snap close with a sound

• “The lock snapped shut”

make a sharp sound

• “his fingers snapped”

move with a snapping sound

• “bullets snapped past us”

to grasp hastily or eagerly

• “Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone”

put in play with a snap

• “snap a football”

cause to make a snapping sound

• “snap your fingers”

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”

record on photographic film

• “I photographed the scene of the accident”
• “She snapped a picture of the President”

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 snap and throw was a single motion”

a spell of cold weather

• “a cold snap in the middle of May”

tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger

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”

a sudden sharp noise

• “the crack of a whip”
• “he heard the cracking of the ice”
• “he can hear the snap of a twig”

a sudden breaking

the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed

• “the waistband had lost its snap”

an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera

• “my snapshots haven”
• “;”

a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound

• “children can manage snaps better than buttons”

any undertaking that is easy to do

• “marketing this product will be no picnic”

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”

(American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back

• “the quarterback fumbled the snap”