Snap At

Definition: Snap At

Snap At

Verb

1. Bite off with a quick bite; "The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Snap At

Disapprobation

Take down, take down a peg, set down; snub, snap one up, give a rap on the knuckles; throw a stone at, throw a stone in one's garden; have a fling, have a snap at; have words with, pluck a crow with; give one a wipe, give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue.

Pain

Maltreat, bite, snap at, assail; smite; (punish).

Taking

Catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at; reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand.

Sorry if I took a snap at you at one time. (Finding Nemo; writing credit: Andrew Stanton)

Did you ever think about that maybe two people who snap at each other for no reason, are doing it to avoid their real feelings? (Battlestar Galactica; writing credit: Souleymane Cissé)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "snap at": snap at smb. ♦ snap at the chance ♦ snap at the opportunity. Additional references.

Afrikaans

afsnou (snap, snarl, snarl at, snub). (various references)

Albanian

kap për, kafshoj (bite, bite off, champ, nip). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сопвам се на, понечвам да захапя. (various references)

Dutch

afsnauwen (snarl at, snub). (various references)

Esperanto

riproĉi malafable (snarl at, snub). (various references)

French

parler d'un ton sec (snap at smb.). (various references)

Frisian

ôfsnuterje (snarl at, snub), ôfgrauwe (snarl at, snub). (various references)

German

anfauchen (spit at). (various references)

Greek 

αγριομιλώ. (various references)

Hungarian

kap valami után. (various references)

Indonesian

menggertak (bluff, bluster, browbeat, buffalo, bully, goash, snarl, spur, threaten), mencapit (bite), membentak (bark out), gebos (scold), cengap (gape). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

噛み付く (to bite, to snap at, to snarl at). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かみつく (to bite, to snap at, to snarl at). (various references)

Pig Latin

apsnay atay

Russian 

огрызнуться на, огрызаться на. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ćapiti, ščepati (clutch, grab, grasp, lay hold, nab, snap, snap up, snatch, whip up). (various references)

Spanish

dar dentelladas a (snarl at, snub). (various references)

Swedish

ta tillfället i akt (seize the opportunity, snap at the opportunity). (various references)

Turkish

kaba davranmak (give smb. gyp, knock about, knock around, rough handle, snap at smb.), kırıcı konuşmak (have a rough tongue, snap at smb.), fırsatın üstüne atlamak (snap at the chance), fırsata atlamak (snap at the chance). (various references)

Turkmen 

jabjynmak (attack). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: antas, ataps, pants, pasta, tapas.

-2 letters: anas, ansa, anta, ants, atap, naps, pans, pant, past, pats, snap, span, spat, tans, tapa, taps.

-3 letters: aas, ana, ant, apt, asp, nap, pan, pas, pat, sap, sat, spa, tan, tap, tas.

-4 letters: aa, an, as, at, na, pa, ta.

+1 letter: anapest, capstan, captans, catnaps, partans, passant, pastina, patinas, peasant, pinatas, platans, saltpan, spartan, taipans, tampans, tarpans, trapans.

+2 letters: anapaest, anapests, antepast, ashplant, aspirant, cantraps, capstans, captains, mantraps, naphthas, paganist, pageants, partisan, pastinas, peasants, phantasm, phantast, phantasy, pheasant, pintadas, platanes, platinas, pleasant, postanal, saltpans, standpat.

+3 letters: adaptions, anapaests, anapestic, antepasts, antipasti, antipasto, apartness, aphanites, ashplants, aspirants, cantraips, caponatas, catnapers, paganists, paginates, palatines, panatelas, pancettas, panetelas, pantalets, paraments, partisans, partizans, patinates, pattypans, peasantry, phantasma, phantasms, phantasts, pheasants, placentas, plantains, plantsman, postnatal, rataplans, straphang, talapoins, tapenades, tragopans, vanaspati, waxplants.