snap | (noun) the act of catching an object with the hands | Synonyms: catch, grab, snatch |
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(noun) (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back | Synonyms: centering, centring |
(noun) any undertaking that is easy to do | Synonyms: breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, walkover |
(noun) the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand | - |
(noun) a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound | Synonyms: press stud, snap fastener |
(noun) an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera | Synonyms: shot, snapshot |
(noun) the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed | Synonyms: elasticity |
(noun) a sudden sharp noise | Synonyms: crack, cracking |
(noun) a sudden breaking | - |
(noun) the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand | - |
(noun) a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger | Synonyms: ginger nut, ginger snap, gingersnap |
(noun) tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections | Synonyms: snap bean |
(noun) a spell of cold weather | - |
(verb) break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension | Synonyms: crack |
(verb) close with a snapping motion | - |
(verb) utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone | Synonyms: snarl |
(verb) record on photographic film | Synonyms: photograph, shoot |
(verb) to grasp hastily or eagerly | Synonyms: snatch, snatch up |
(verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly | Synonyms: bust, rupture, tear |
(verb) cause to make a snapping sound | Synonyms: click, flick |
(verb) put in play with a snap | - |
(verb) bring the jaws together | - |
(verb) lose control of one's emotions | Synonyms: break down, lose it |
(verb) move or strike with a noise | Synonyms: click |
(verb) move with a snapping sound | - |
(verb) make a sharp sound | Synonyms: crack |
snapchat | (verb) To have a conversation on Snapchat | - |
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snapdragon | (noun) a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon | - |
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snapline | (noun) a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface | Synonyms: chalk line, snap line |
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snapper | (noun) large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite | Synonyms: Chelydra serpentina, common snapping turtle |
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(noun) any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters | - |
(noun) Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots | Synonyms: Chrysophrys auratus |
(noun) a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends | Synonyms: cracker, cracker bonbon |
(noun) flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas | - |
(noun) (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback | Synonyms: center, centre |
snappish | (adjective) apt to speak irritably | Synonyms: snappy |
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snappishly | (adverb) in an ill-natured and snappish manner | - |
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snappishness | (noun) a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger | Synonyms: biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, surliness, temper |
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snappy | (adjective) pleasantly cold and invigorating | Synonyms: crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy |
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(adjective) quick and energetic | Synonyms: alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, spanking, zippy |
(adjective) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners | Synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, spruce |
(adjective) apt to speak irritably | Synonyms: snappish |
(adjective) smart and fashionable | Synonyms: whipping |
snapshot | (noun) an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera | Synonyms: shot, snap |
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