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Definition: Snap |
SnapNoun1. The act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate". 2. Any activity that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic". 3. (football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back. Verb1. Utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; `"No!," she snapped'; "The guard snarled at us". 2. Separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper". 3. Break suddenly and abruptly; as of something under tension; "The rope snapped". 4. Move or strike with a click; "then the brightness as he clicked on the light.". 5. Snap close with a sound; "The lock snapped shut". 6. As of tightly stretched ropes or fingers. 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". 9. Put in play with a snap, of a football. 10. : cause to make a snapping sound; of fingers. 11. : record on photographic film"I photographed the scene of the accident". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "snap" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Note: Snap \Snap\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Snapped; Snapping.]. (references) |
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Computing | 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. Source: Jargon File. |
19th Century Satire | A brisk, energetic quality that enables a man with ginger to take the cake. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The snap or hike is performed at the start of each Canadian football and American football play. A Canadian and American football play starts with the ball on the ground at the line of scrimmage. The ball must then be touched by at least two offensive players or a penalty is assessed for illegal procedure. The ball is almost always snapped from the line of scrimmage by the Center back to a player behind the line of scrimmage to complete the requirement for a legal play.The snap consists of the Center flipping the football backwards between his legs to a player behind the center. The ball is snapped on a particular count. In a typical play, where the quarterback is receiving the snap, the quarterback will shout a cadence such as, "Down, Set, Hut." The long snap is a variation on the normal snap in which the receiver of the snap is several yards behind the Center. If the ball is to be kicked, it is long snapped to a punter or holder.
See also:
- American football/Glossary
- American football
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Snap (football)."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SNAP | English | SuperNova Acceleration Probe | N/A |
| SNARE | English | SNAP receptor | N/A |
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Synonyms: SnapSynonyms: catch (n), centering (n), child's play (n), cinch (n), duck soup (n), grab (n), picnic (n), piece of cake (n), pushover (n), snatch (n), walkover (n), bust (v), click (v), crack (v), flick (v), photograph (v), rupture (v), shoot (v), snarl (v), snatch up (v), tear (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Noun: activity; briskness, liveliness; Adjective: animation, life, vivacity, spirit, dash, energy; snap, vim. |
Brittleness | Break, crack, snap, split, shiver, splinter, crumble, break short, burst, fly, give way; fall to pieces; crumble to, crumble into dust. |
Cheapness | Noun: cheapness, low price; depreciation; bargain; good penny; worth; snap. |
Discourtesy | Lose one's temper; (resentment); sulk; la; frown, scowl, glower, pout; snap, snarl, growl. |
Disjunction | Sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind; circumcise; cut; incide, incise; saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst; rend; rend asunder, rend in twain; wrench, rupture, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop; cut up, rip up; hack, hew, slash; whittle; haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice. |
Food | Verb: eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap; fall to; despatch, dispatch; discuss; take down, get down, gulp down; lay in, tuck in; lick, pick, peck; gormandize; bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble. |
Impulse | Adjective: extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate; snap; improvised, improvisate, improvisatory; unpremeditated, unmeditated; improvise; unprompted, unguided; natural, unguarded; spontaneous; (voluntary); instinctive. |
Resentment | Pout, knit the brow, frown, scowl, lower, snarl, growl, gnarl, gnash, snap; redden, color; look black, look black as thunder, look daggers; bite one's thumb; show one's teeth, grind one's teeth; champ the bit, champ at the bit. |
Time | Noun: time, duration; period, term, stage, space, span, spell, season; the whole time, the whole period; space-time; course; snap. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Snap out of it (Moonstruck; writing credit: John Patrick Shanley. Starring Cher as Loretta Castorini and Nicolas Cage as Ronny Cammareri.) Hey Dolittle, What I'm doing is letting Steve think I don't hear him, when he comes for me, I'm gonna turn around and snap his arm off. (Dr. Dolittle 2; writing credit: Larry Levin) Sorry if I took a snap at you at one time (Finding Nemo; writing credit: Andrew Stanton) I could be giving you a spanking and accidentally snap your spinal cord (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette) Newbie, I know your ovaries are ahab-solutely tingling at the very sight of this little fella but you gotta snap out of it. (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken) | |
Lyrics | I make your neck snap back (Funkdafied; performing artist: Da Brat) Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity (Lose Yourself; performing artist: EMINEM) Just snap your fingers and I'm walking (You Make Me Feel Like Dancing; performing artist: LEO SAYER) Snap like I snap and get a little crazy (Ghetto Girls; performing artist: Lil Bow Wow) They snap their teeth on your cigarette (Walk Like An Egyptian; performing artist: The Bangles) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Snap Judgment (1967) Ragtime Snap Shots (1915) Snap the Whip (1898) | |
Song Titles | Snap Your Fingers (performing artist: Joe Henderson) Snap Your Fingers (performing artist: Ronnie Milsap) | |
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![]() | Figure 26. The Leger dredge sounder in the descending position. This sampling device was designed to retain a portion of the captured sample even if a rock held the jaws open after being activated to snap shut. This sounder was tested twenty-two times in 1903 on the PRINCESS ALICE II between depths of 18 and 4560 meters. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | African American farmers, Lola B Knox and her son Derrick grow sweet corn, hot peppers, sweet potatos, butter beans, and snap beans for market on their farm in Amite County, MS. Credit: USDA. |
![]() | A Mexican bean beetle larva-a devastating pest of snap and soybeans-becomes a meal for the spined soldier bug instead. Credit: USDA ARS News. | ![]() | Bwana, I think I just heard a twig snap!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Snap shots : how they received the offer. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | New York City, Snap Shatow, 42nd Street, showing entrance to G[ran]d Central Station. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | The Fredrick womenfolk shell snap beans. Saint Mary's County, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Shelling snap beans in the Biscoe kitchen. John Biscoe farmhouse near Ridge, Maryland. Saint Mary's County. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Electric Institute of Washington snap shots for movies and films. Man and woman in booth eating. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Greyhound Sunset" by Jordan Balagot Commentary: "A quick snap I took at a rest stop traveling via greyhound." | "Rise up" by Keith Corcoran Commentary: "Clibing out of the trenches every morning is no easy task. so i sit the camera on the handrail and snap away. this one looks decent. www.k eithcorcoran.com ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
| A single finger snap. | Shaker snap; percussion snap. | ||
| A single tambourine snap. | |||
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | At those hours especially when we have sorest need of grasping the sharp realities of life do the threads of thought snap off in the brain |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Stephen sat down at his right and the priest at the other side of the table closed his copy of The Tablet with an angry snap and stood up. |
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Economic History | St. Lucia | Seeking to increase his slim margin, Prime Minister Compton suspended parliament and called new elections on April 30. This unprecedented snap election, however, gave Compton the same results as before--the UWP retained nine seats and the SLP eight. (references) |
Philippines | The assassination of opposition leader Benigno (Ninoy) Aquino upon his return to the Philippines in 1983, after a long period of exile, coalesced popular dissatisfaction with Marcos and set in motion a succession of events that culminated in a snap presidential election in February 1986. The opposition united under Aquino's widow, Corazon Aquino, and Salvador Laurel, head of the United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Sally Jessy Raphael | We lost them. We lost the Sally viewer. And you can't snap people's heads around, an audience. You can't do one type of show and then the next week you're doing another or, which was worse, what we were doing. |
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George Bush | 1989-1993 | None of this will happen with a snap of the fingers, but it will happen. |
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| "Snap" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 38.07% of the time. "Snap" is used about 653 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 38.07% | 249 | 18,850 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 37% | 242 | 19,213 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 22.17% | 145 | 26,217 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.75% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Total | 100.00% | 653 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "snap": cold snap ♦ go snap ♦ in a snap ♦ night snap ♦ not to care a snap for ♦ snap at ♦ snap at smb. ♦ snap at the chance ♦ snap at the opportunity ♦ snap back ♦ snap bean ♦ snap beans ♦ snap beetle ♦ snap bug ♦ snap catch ♦ snap check ♦ snap decision ♦ snap down ♦ snap fastener ♦ snap flask ♦ snap into it ♦ snap it up! ♦ snap judgement ♦ snap judgment ♦ snap link ♦ snap lock ♦ snap off ♦ snap on ♦ snap one's fingers ♦ snap one's fingers at ♦ snap one's fingers at smb. ♦ snap one's nose off ♦ snap open ♦ snap out ♦ snap out of ♦ snap out of it ♦ snap out of it! ♦ snap pea ♦ snap ring ♦ snap riveting ♦ snap roll ♦ snap shot ♦ snap shut ♦ snap smb.'s head off ♦ snap the thread ♦ snap to ♦ snap to it! ♦ snap up ♦ snap up a bargain ♦ snap vote ♦ snap willow ♦ soft snap ♦ sugar snap pea ♦ To snap back ♦ To snap off. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "snap": snap-appn, snap-box, snap-brimmed, snap-cap, snap-crackle, snap-dragon, snap-fasteners, snap-fits, snap-fix, snap-frozen, snap-happy, snap-hooked, snap-in, Snap-ix, snap-kick, snap-link, snap-locked, snap-off, snap-on, snap-roll, snap-rolled, snap-shorts, snap-shot, snap-shot, snap-shots, snap-to, snap-together. | |
Ending with "snap": ankle-snap, brandy-snap, finger-snap, ginger-snap, happy-snap, RAWOOP-SNAP, Snip-snap, super-snap. | |
Containing "snap": you-snap-first-and-i'll-snap-back. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
snap on tool | 1,334 | snap appliance | 40 |
snap | 1,263 | 2 ginger snap | 37 |
snap on | 961 | snap watch | 36 |
snap server | 354 | snap on tool box | 34 |
hyper snap | 202 | snap sync | 34 |
ginger snap | 154 | snap cap | 33 |
pokemon snap | 113 | quantum snap server | 25 |
scrap in a snap | 95 | game snap | 24 |
snap hook | 89 | dealer snap | 24 |
snap shot | 83 | snap fish | 24 |
snap dragon | 75 | pearl snap shirt | 23 |
pokemon snap cheat | 72 | pea recipe snap sugar | 23 |
snap tite | 50 | magnetic snap | 23 |
snap on.com | 50 | dialer snap | 22 |
pokemon snap rom | 46 | snap scan | 21 |
snap ring | 45 | snap power | 21 |
sugar snap pea | 45 | axo snap jersey | 21 |
snap it | 42 | blue organizer satin snap | 20 |
snap n go | 42 | snap ring pliers | 20 |
snap fastener | 41 | media snap | 20 |
quantum snap | 20 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "snap"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | afsnou (snap at, snarl, snarl at, snub). (various references) | |
Albanian | thyhem (break, break off, comb, crash, deflect, dilapidate, go to pieces), thyej (bend, break, break to pieces, cash, change, crack up, demolish, fold, fracture, hurt, mammock, maul, mill, refract, rupture, shatter, shiver, sliver, smash, Spall, split, stamp, transgress, worst, wreck), punë e lehtë, mbyll me krismë, krismë (bang, clash, crack, crash, rattle, scratch, smash), kopsë (button, Morse, stud), kap (affect, apprehend, arrest, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, capture, catch, catch on, catch out, catch up, clasp, clutch, cop, embrace, gain, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hold, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nip, nobble, overcome, overtake, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, seize, snatch, soak up, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang), kërcitje (clack, clash, click, clicking, crack, crackle, crackling, crash, creak, crepitation, crunch, Gride, grinding, groan, pop, pound, rap, rattle, scratch, screech, splutter, squeak), kërcas (clash, click, crack, crackle, creak, crepitate, crunch, Gride, grit one's teeth, jar, scratch, scroop, squeak), këpus me krismë, foto e çastit, acarim (aggravation, exacerbation, fluster, irritation, sourness). (various references) | |
Arabic | تهشم (crash, fall to pieces, fragmentation, shatter, smash), شىء سهل, رد بعنف, إلتهم (bolt, consume, demolish, devour, eat, eat up, engorge, gobble, gorge, gormandize, guzzle, ingest, make a pig of oneself, munch, overeat, shovel, stuff, swallow, swig, tuck, tuck in, wolf), إنغلق بحركة مفاجئة, إنقصف فجأة, إنكسر (fall to pieces, piece), صور (characterize, depict, describe, film, paint, photo, pic, picture, portray, shoot, take, typify), طقطق الأصابع, عاد فجأءة, عض (bitch, bite, champ, nibble, nip, pain), زجر (rebuff, snub, squash), سخر (befool, chip, debunk, deride, fleer, guy, jape, jeer, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a game of, make fun of, mimic, mock, monkey, override, persiflage, pillory, poke fun, pooh pooh, quip, quiz, rally, rib, ridicule, satirize, scoff, send up, smile, sneer, snigger, taunt, tee-hee, twit), بسكويتة, تباع (sell), فرقعة (bang, crack, crackle, crackling, crepitation, exploding, explosion, pop, report), قدح (dispraise, glass, goblet, invective, libel, percuss, slander, slur, tumbler, vituperate, vituperation), قرر بسرعة, قذف فجأة, قضم (bite, bite into, bite nails, bite off, biting, champ, chew, crush, gnaw, munch, nibble, prey, worry at), قفز على (fly at), لقطة فوتوغرافية سريعة, لقف, نطق بكلمة لاذعة, نزع (dig up, disarmament, evisceration, extraction, plucking out, removal, remove, slough, spring, strip, supplant, take down, take off, tear out), نهش (tear), كباس (piston, press stud, stapler), فرقع (crack, crackle, crepitate, explode, pop, pop up, sputter, squib, torpedo), سخرية (burlesque, derision, fling, gibe, humor, humour, irony, jeer, lampoon, laughter, mockery, persiflage, quip, ridicule, rub, sarcasm, scoff, scorn, shy, sneer, spoof, taunt, tee-hee, tehee, twit, wit). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | лек (airy, bland, cool, cure, cushy, easy, expedite, facile, fairy, flimsy, gentle, gossamer, gossamery, gradual, lambent, lenient, light, lightsome, lightweight, medicine, mild, mobile, potty, quiet, remedy, skyey, slick, slight, soft, subtle, tenuous, unsound, unsubstantial), неподготвен (flat-footed, half cocked, unprovided, unrehearsed, unripe), направен без предупреждение, моментална снимка (snapshot), малко нещо (sub-), затварящ се с прещракване, закопчалка (fastener, fastening, hasp, snap fastener), замах (dash, panache, swing, swish, swoop, verve), запънка (snap fastener), живост (activity, agility, alertness, brio, esprit, ginger, jazz, liveliness, mercuriality, mobility, nervousness, pep, punch, sprightliness, spunk, vinegar, vitality, vivacity, vividness, volatility, zap), енергия (activity, drive, energy, force, go, go ahead, intensity, juice, lustiness, pep, pith, power, push, sinews, spring, vigor, vigour, vim, zap, zip), доходна работа, лесен (easy, effortless, facile, liveable, potty, ready, ready made, runaway, simple, smooth, soft), откършвам се (break off), бързо грабване, бързо захапване, бързо (apace, chop-chop, express, fast, hastily, hotfoot, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, lively, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, speedily, sweepingly, swiftly, trippingly), прасване, прасвам (cosh, crack), правя моментална снимка, парченце (bit, lick, patch, scrap, shred, sippet, snip), плющя (crack, flap, flog, slash, smack, swish, whip), изгодна работа, изплющяване (bounce), изплющявам (snap down), лесна работа (cinch, picnic, pie, pipe, pushover, set up), хапя бързо, стяга (brace, clamp, clip, jig, shackle), стрелям наслуки, скъсвам (break, fail, plough, pluck, refer, rend, rip down, rip open, rupture, sever, strand, tear, tear away, tear down, tear off, tear out, wear out), святкам (lighten, scintillate), сопвам се, снимам (photo, photograph, shoot, take), сила (definition, drive, dynamism, effect, energy, feck, fiber, fibre, flush, force, forcefulness, forte, goodness, hardness, impetus, intension, intensity, inwardness, kick, lustiness, medium, might, mightiness, muscle, muscularity, nerve, pith, potency, power, prowess, punch, sinews, stamina, strength, stringency, tenacity, thews, tuck, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vinegar, violence, virility, virtue, virulence, vis, volume, zap, zip), рязка промяна на времето, щракване (crack), щраквам със зъби, щраквам (click, strike), необмислен (blind, crude, hasty, heedless, ill-considered, ill-judged, impetuous, imprudent, incautious, inconsiderate, light hearted, light-headed, overbold, precipitate, precipitatious, rash, reckless, thoughtless, unadvised, unconsidered, unguarded, unthinking, unwary, wild), хапя шумно, неочакван (accidental, emergent, strange, sudden, surprise, surprising, swift, unanticipated, uncontemplated, undreamed of, undreamt of, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped-for, unlooked for, unrehearsed, unsought, unsuspected), тракване, шумно (openmouthed, slap, slap bang), кратко застудяване, казвам рязко (jerk out), ключалка (click, fastener, keyhole, latch, lock), клема (clamp, cleat, phase, post, tap, terminal), клипс (clasp, clip, slip), внезапен (abrupt, jerky, precipitate, puffy, steep, sudden, surprise, swift, unexpected), вид игра на карти (faro, nap, old maid, pontoon, seven-up, slapjack, spoil-five), отсичам (chop, cut down, cut off, cut short, decide firmly, hew, intercept, lop, slice off, strike off, stump). (various references) | |
Chinese | 短冷期, 折斷 . (various references) | |
Czech | snímek, patentka (press button, snap fastener), chòapnutí (snatch), cvakání (chatter), cvaknout (click), energie (energy, pith, power, sap, spirit, stamina, vigor, vigour, vim), fotka (photo), jiskra (scintilla, spark, sparkle, vim, zest), kousnutí (bite), lusknout (click, click one's fingers), chòapat, momentka (snapshot), vyfotit (photo), přetrhnout se, prásknout (split on), prasknutí (rupture), puknout (crack, rift, split), ukousnout, ulomení, ulomit (break off, chip off), uzávìr (bolt, cover, fastening, lock, locking device, seal, stopper, top), lusknutí (click). (various references) | |
Danish | holdetang (gadget), harniskspænde, abonnentnummeranalysator (subscriber number analysis process). (various references) | |
Dutch | punteerstang (gadget), klauwenpontil (gadget), afknappen, abonneenummeranalyseproces (subscriber number analysis process). (various references) | |
Esperanto | riproĉi malafable (snap at, snarl at, snub). (various references) | |
Farsi | قاپیدن (Grab, Grasp, Nab, Nail, Pinch, Raven, Ravish, Seize, Snatch), شتابزدگی , عجله (Expediency, Haste, Hurry, Hustle, Post, Speed), عوعوکردن (Bay, Yap, Yip, Yowl), سخن نیش دارگفتن , گازگرفتن (Bite, Gnaw, Nip), گازناگهانی سگ , گسیختن (Cut, Fracture, Rupture, Tear), گیره فنری , بی بشکن , قاپ زدن , یک گاز, قزن قفلی , قفلکیف وغیره , لقمه (Bit, Morsel), ناگهانی (Abrupt, Precipitate, Sudden), چسبیدن به (Grip, Hang), چفت (Hasp, Latch, Lid), مقدمه (Antecedent, Introduction, Preface, Prelude, Prolegomenon, Prologue, Start), مهرزنی , قالب زنی . (various references) | |
Finnish | naksahtaa (click), karbiinihaka, katketa (be cut off, be interrupted, break), katkos (block, discontinuity, shut down, snapping), kivahtaa, murros (break), näpsäyttää (flick, flip), haukata (bite, take a bite), naksahdus (click), tiuskata (speak sharply), napsahdus (click), napsahtaa (click), puraista (bite), raksahtaa (click, crack), tilaajanumeron analyysiprosessi (subscriber number analysis process), tiuskaista (speak sharply), tiuskaisu (harsh speaking), näykkiä (nag). (various references) | |
French | simple comme un bonjour, se vendre, se moquer de (snigger), se décider tout d'un coup, se casser net, subit, croquage, instantané (snapshot), happement, fermoir, faire claquer, enlèvement (snatch, snatching), lâcher, dénigrer, nouveau programme substantiel d'action (SNPA), claquement, casser, dévorer, mordre, morsure, bouton pression, nique, NPSA (SNPA), petit gâteau sec, photo instantané (snapshot), pontil à griffes, prendre une photo, programme analyse de numéro d'abonné, rompre, rupture, mousqueton. (various references) | |
Frisian | ôfsnuterje (snap at, snarl at, snub), ôfgrauwe (snap at, snarl at, snub). (various references) | |
German | schnappen (catch, cope, grab, lift, nab, Nick, pick up, snatch up, spring up, swoop, whip up). (various references) | |
Greek | φωτογραφώ στιγμιαίωσ, θραύω (break, fracture), θραύση (breach, break, breakage, rupture), ομιλώ αποτόμωσ, αυτόματο κλείθρο (latch), ανοιγοκλείνω (open and close), αρπάζω (catch, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, gripe, nab, poach, rape, ravish, rifle, scrounge, seize, snatch, spoil, tear from), δαγκώνω (bite), εξάρτημα του μηχανισμού ζακάρ, Tεμαχίζω γυαλί, στιγμιαίοσ κρότοσ, σπάζω (break, break up, bust, crack, fracture, go bust, smash), σπάω απότομα, κολωνάτα (gadget), κακοκαιρία, κροτώ (chink, chug, clack, clang, clank, clap, clatter, click, crack, din, rattle, tick), Kοματιάζω γυαλί, λεω κοφτά. (various references) | |
Hebrew | תצלום חטף, נשיכה (bite, biting, sting), נתוק (breaking off, cutting off, detachment, disconnection, disruption, dissociation, insularity, separation, severance), רקיק (biscuit, tenuous, wafer), חטיפה (abduction, kidnapping, snatching, swoop), חפוז (cursory, hasty, hurried, precipitant), נקישה (beating, click, knock, percussion, rattle, tap), שבירה (breakage, breaking), משימה קלה, לצלם (photograph, take pictures), להכיש (bite, knock, sting), לחצנית (press stud), לשבור (break, destroy, fracture, rend, ruin, shatter to pieces), מרץ (drive, energy, force, liveliness, nerve, rigour, sap, sinew, spirit, steam, strength, verve, vigour, vim), מהיר (fast, fleet, nimble, nippy, quick, rapid, spanking, speedy, summary, swift), עוגיה (biscuit, cookie, crumpet). (various references) | |
Hungarian | zár (bolt, fastening, latch, lock, obturator, occlusion, sneck, to fasten), váratlan (abrupt, balk, chance, fortuitous, sudden, to blitzkrieg, to strike oil, unanticipated, uncontemplated, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked for), pillanatfelvétel (instantaneous exposure, snapping, snapshot), pattintás (fillip, flick, flip, smack, snapping), pattanás (acne, blister, papule, pimple, pustule, spot, zit), patent (press-stud, smashing, snap fastener, stud), meglepetésszerű, lopás (filch, heist, larcenous action, larceny, nick, pinch, steal, stealing, stealth, theft, thievery), kapocs (brace, buckle, chape, clasp, clench, clip, fastener, hasp, hook and eye, link, locket, staple, strap), könnyű munka (easy task), kép (countenance, drawing, effigy, illustration, image, jowl, latent image, painting, photograph, picture, scene, sketch, snapshot), csattanás (bang, clap, clash, click, crack, crash, dash, smack, spat, tang), csat (buckle, clasp, fastener, hasp, Morse), bekattanás, amatőr fénykép (snapshot). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kancing (button). (various references) | |
Italian | schiocco (clack, click, pop, smack, swish, thwack), schioccare (chirrup, click, crack, flick, pop, smack, swish), schianto,colpo secco,:istantanea, scattare (be released, click, go off, lose one's temper, spirt, spring, sprint, spurt, start, take), spezzare (break, Rive), pezzo (bit, chunk, gobbets, hunk, length, lump, part, piece, play, portion, ration, scrap, section, slab, slice, smack, smacker, snatch, stump), accettazione (acceptance, acceptation, assumption, photo, picture, reception, recording), agguantare (catch, grab, nab), colpo secco (cut), dipinto (image, painted, painting, photo, picture), foto (photo, picture, pictures, shot), fotografare (photograph, take a photo, take a picture), immediato (forthwith, immediate, immediately, instant, ocular, outright, prompt, straightaway, unhesitating), improvviso (abrupt, out of the blue, plump, sharp, sudden, unexpected), NPSA (SNPA, Substantial New Action Programme, Substantial New Programme of Action), accertare (ascertain, assess, detect, locate), parlare in modo brusco, repentino (sudden), rocca a griffe (gadget), rompere (breach, break, crash, pick, pluck, smash, tear, tear off, violate), rottura (breach, break, breakage, breakdown, breaking, burst, disruption, fractiousness, pest, rift, Rive, rupture, severance, split, split up), rubamazzo, nuovo programma sostanziale d'azione (SNPA, Substantial New Action Programme, Substantial New Programme of Action). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | スナック麺 (circlip, snack noodle, snake, snake dance, snakeskin, snap ring, snapshot, snatch, sneak in, sneak out, sneak preview, sneaker, snob, snobbism, snooker, snoopy, snorkel, snow, snow boat, snow gun, snow mobile, snow surfing, snow tire, spark, spark plug, sparkling wine, sparring, sparring partner, spatula, sperm bank, spice, spider, spike, spike heel, spiked shoes, spiker, spiky cut, spiral, spurt, spy, studded snow tire). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | スナップ . (various references) | |
Korean | 스냅 (snapshot). (various references) | |
Manx | polt (bang, blast, blast explosion, clap, concussion, crack, crack sound, detonation, explosion, flap, rap, report, shot, stroke, thump), gyn thort (headlong, headstrong, impulsive, inconsiderate, inconsideration, maladroit, unconsidered), greimmey (adhere, adherence, adherence of person, adhesion, attach, bite, bite off, catch, clutch, fishing tackle, grab, grasp, grip, gripping, hold, jam, lock in, monopolization, nab, pin on, seize, seizing, snatch, snatch away, snatching, stick, stitch, stitch up, tooth), greim (bit, bite, catch, clutch, commissure, gobbet, grab, grasp, grip, handhold, hold, monopolize, morsel, piece, snatch, tack, tack needlework), goaill jalloo jeh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apsnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | esperteza (ability, artfulness, artifice, brightness, canniness, craft, policy, quicksilver, slyness, smartness), abocanhar (bite, mouth), gancho (bond, brace, clincher, coat hook, cramp, crook, gaff, hanger, hasp, hog-wash, holdfast, hook, loop, stirrup, tie-plate, trammel), fecho (clasp, closure, hasp, locket), fechar (bar, berate, box, chain, close, coffin, drub, fasten, immure, impound, lock, mure, occlude, pen, pin down, rail, seal, shut, shut in, stop up, stopple, to close, turn off), estourar (burst, explode, pop), estalo (crack, flaw, pop), morder (bite, champ, nibble, nip, prick, savage), estalar (click, crack, crash, explode, foliate, hurtle, lap, plash, splash), mordida (bite), energia (action, activity, drive, driving, efficiency, energy, force, ginger, go, grasp, gumption, handgrip, heartiness, intensity, iron, ironwork, kick, liveliness, lustiness, main, mettle, momentum, nerve, output, pep, pith, potency, power, push, spring, spunk, stamina, steam, stoutness, strength, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, virility, vitality, zip), dentada (bite, nip), crepitar (crepitate, crisp, decrepitate, fizz, rattle, splutter, sputter), bolacha (biscuit, cracker, soda cracker), arrebentar (break, burst, explode, smash), ímpeto (bang, dash, impetus, kick, momentum, punch, rush, spirt), estalido (clack, crack, cracking, crackling, flaw, flick, flip), roca de pinças (gadget), vivacidade (animation, bounce, brightness, color, colour, fervency, flotage, ginger, hastiness, life, liveliness, mettle, nimbleness, quickness, quicksilver, raciness, readiness, verve, vivacity, warmth), vigor (bang, energy, flush, force, hardiness, liveliness, lustiness, nerve, pep, power, stamina, steam, strength, stringency, vigor, vigour, vim, virility, vitality), trincar, tirar um instantâneo (shoot), temporada (period of time, run, season), ruptura com estalido, mola de pressão, romper (breach, break, break off, break up, cut off, cut up, disconnect, disrupt, fracture, open, part, pierce, rip, run, rupture, sever, splinter, split, tear), vociferar (bark, bluster, rap, thunder, vociferate, yap), repreensão (admonition, brushoff, censure, chide, exhortation, expostulation, faultfinding, lecture, lesson, rag, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, scolding, slur, snub, talking-to, trimming, upbringing, wigging), quebra (breach, breaking, cracker, failure, fracture, offscourings, smash, violation, wastage, waste), processo de análise do número de assinante (subscriber number analysis process), pontel de garras (gadget), pontel com pinças (gadget), mosquete (matchlock, musket), ruptura (abruption, blowout, breach, break, breakage, breaking, burst, bursting, disruption, rip, rupture, severance). (various references) | |
Romanian | se frânge (break), schimbare bruscã a temperaturii, se arunca (fall on, fall upon, have, hurl, rush, start), se rupe (break, burst, part, rend, rupture, sever, shut off, split), se sparge (break, burst, chip, comb, crack, flaw, go snap, smash, snap off), sparge (annihilate, batter, break, burst, chip away, chop, crack, crush, cut, dash, destroy, flaw, pick, rip, smash, splinter, split), se închide (close, close down, darken, deepen, fasten, shut), frânge (break, break down, defeat, fracture), agilitate (agility, cattiness), gurã de, bunã dispoziţie (amenity, amiability, buoyancy, cheerfulness, elation, gaiety, geniality, good humor, good humour, spirit), gustare rapidã, fermoar (zipper), escrocherie (cheat, do, fraud, humbug, knavery, monkey business, quackery, racket, skin game, swindle), escroc (bilk, biter, blackguard, blackleg, carpet bagger, charlatan, cheat, crook, desperado, double-dealer, duffer, faker, fraud, gambler, gamester, gouge, gyp, impostor, jockey, juggler, knave, mountebank, rogue, rook, scab, shark, sharp, sharper, swindler), energie (activity, backbone, bottom, briskness, drive, energy, force, gimp, go, gumption, might, nerve, pep, pepper, peppiness, pith, pithiness, power, punch, sap, soul, spirit, spunk, strength, vigor, vigour, vim, virtue, zip), clãnţãnit (chatter), brusc (abrupt, abruptly, all at once, bang, bounce, brusque, plop, plump, rash, roughly, rude, sharp, sharply, short, shortly, sudden, suddenly, unawares, unexpected, unexpectedly), apuca (apprehend, captivate, capture, catch, clutch, comprehend, experience, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, nab, nip, pull up, seize, snatch, take), hâţ, agrafã (brooch, clasp, cramp, fastener, hairpin, hook, staple), iuţealã (celerity, heat, pungency, quickness, rapidity, speed, velocity), închide cu zgomot, încheietoare (clasp, fastener), înşfãca (get hold of, grab, grasp, gripe, nab, nail, snatch), îmbucãturã de, ţãcãnit (barmy on the crumpet, chatter, click, crack-brained, kook, loony, rattle, rattling), angajament de scurtã duratã, plesnet din degete, vioiciune (alacrity, alertness, briskness, buoyancy, fizz, fling, go, hoity toity, jazz, life, liveliness, perkiness, pertness, quickness, sprightliness, vivacity), vigoare (effect, emphasis, energy, flush, force, pep, rankness, sap, stamina, stoutness, strength, sturdiness, vigor, vigour, vim), trosni (clack, crack, crackle, decrepitate, grit), rupe (break, break off, break smth. in pieces, cull, declare off, dismember, disrupt, gather, lacerate, open, pull, pull apart, rend, rift, rip, scatter, separate, sever, splinter, split, stop, tear, uproot), pungaş (biter, cheat, Cutpurse, duffer, fraud, gun, jockey, juggler, knave, lurcher, manipulator, mountebank, pickpocket, pilferer, prig, rascal, rogue, rook, rough, scab, shark, swindler, thief), pungãşie (confiscation, do, falseness, fraud, knavery, rascality, swindle, theft, thievery), pocni din degete, pocnet (bang, clap, click, crack, flap, flip, phut, smack), inopinat (sudden, unforeseen), plesniturã de bici, hap (pill), pe nepusã masã, pe neaşteptate (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, impromptu, off hand, on a sudden, short, shortly, slap, suddenly, unawares, unexpectedly, upon a sudden), neprevãzut (extemporaneous, fortuitous, stray, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked for), neaşteptat (abrupt, sudden, undreamed of, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked for, wayward), muşcãturã (bite, nibble, nip, wound), zgomot sec, instantaneu (immediate, instantaneous, prompt, snapshot, sudden, suddenly), ţãcãni (chatter, click, rattle), hat (balk, baulk), pocnealã. (various references) | |
Russian | сухой треск, сухое печенье (biscuit, bisque, cracker, cracknel), резкие слова, щелкать щелчок мгновенный, щелкать пальцами, щелкать (click, crack, flip, snapped, snapping), треск (clack, crack, crackling, crash, rattle), огрызнуться, огрызаться, моментальный снимок, защелка (arresting device, click, detent, pawl, trigger, trip), защелкивать (pawl, snap shut), затрещать, легкая нажива (money for jam). (various references) | |
Scottish | glamhsa (a snap as by a dog). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | odbrusiti (answer back, sauce), škljocati (click), škljocnuti (click), driker (fastener), fotografisati (photograph), hvatanje (bite, capture, catch, interception, prehension, seizing, seizure), ščepati (clutch, grab, grasp, lay hold, nab, snap at, snap up, snatch, whip up), naglo pomeriti, talas (tide, wave), odskočiti (bounce back, jump off, rebound, recoil, ricochet, snap up, start aside), pokušati ugristi, prenagljen (hasty, precipitant, premature, temerarious), pući (break, burst, bust up, click, crack, fire, give way to, pop, pop off, rupture), puckanje (sputter), puckanje prstima, kopča (buckle, clasp, clasp-pin, fastening, hasp, hook). (various references) | |
Spanish | chasquido (click, flick). (various references) | |
Swedish | snäsa av (cut, rebuff, snub), nafsa (nibble), knäppa (buckle, button, click, do up, fasten, fillip, flick, flip, knock off, plug, pot, thrum, twang, zap). (various references) | |
Thai | แตกและมีเสียงดังแหลม, เสียงดังแหลม. (various references) | |
Turkish | sürpriz (bombshell, bonus, fluke, surprise), çat çat eden, şak (smack, whang), şıklatmak, anlık şey, anlık (instant, momentary), ani şey, ani (abrupt, ejaculatory, flash, instantaneous, memory, rapid, recollection, sudden), çatırdayan, çatırdamak (chatter, clack, clash, crack, crackle, creak, crepitate, make a crackling noise, scrunch), ısırma (bite, biting, nip), çat diye, şipşak (instantaneous, quick, quickie, quickly), çat (bang, slam), çarpma sesi (flap, flip flap, flip-flop, slam), çarparak kapamak, çıtçıt (fastener, gripper, popper, press stud, snap fastener), çıkışmak (blister, chide, inveigh, jump on, read the riot act to, round on, scold, slap, take to task, upbraid), ısırmaya çalışmak, ısırmak (bite, bite off, champ, nibble, nip, savage, sting), çat sesi, içindekilerle satın almak, terslemek (rebuff, scold, send to the rightabout, snub), patlamak (blow, blow out, blow up, break, burst, crack, detonate, erupt, explode, fulminate, go off, go pop, go up, knock back, let fly, plonk, plunk, pop, puncture, set back, spring), pat diye söylemek (blurt out, chop, plump, snap out, spring), kopmak (blow up, break, break off, come off, detach, fly off, part, rupture, separate, sever, split, sunder, tear), kopma (breaking away, breaking off, rupture, split, split up, sunder, sunderance), koparmak (break, break off, cozen, cut off, deflorate, deflower, dissever, extort, pick, pick off, pluck, pry, pull off, rend, rip, rip off, Rive, rupture, snap off, snatch, snatch away from, snatch from, sunder, take apart, tear, tear away, tear off, tear out, unstick, work, wring), kopça (buckle, clasp, eyelet, frog, hasp, hook), kolay iş (child's play, easy job, mickey mouse, set up, shade, simple job, sitter, snip), şaklamak (make a cracking noise), kırılmak (be broken, be hurt, be offended, be piqued at, break, break off, chip, crash, crush, explode, fracture, go to pieces, offend, Rive, shatter, sink), şaklatmak (click, crack, smack, swish, whang), havada kapmak (leap at, seize, snap up), gayret (Ardor, ardour, assiduity, conation, effort, endeavor, endeavour, energy, enthusiasm, exertion, fervency, fervor, fervour, go, hastiness, industry, intentness, keenness, nerve, pep, push, sedulity, slog, spurt, strenuousness, struggle, studiousness, tug, vim, zeal, zip), enerji (drive, energy, guts, kick, pep, pith, power, steam, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vinegar), birden (all of a sudden, at a stroke, at once, at one heat, instantaneous, per saltum, plump, pop, sharp, short, slap, slap bang, suddenly), beklenmedik (abrupt, adventitious, heaven-sent, improbable, sudden, surprise, unannounced, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped, unhoped-for, unimagined, unlooked for), şipşak fotoğraf çekmek, şipşak fotoğraf (snapshot), zencefilli bisküvi (gingernut), kırmak (bear down, blight, breach, break, break down, bust, chill, chop, crack, cut, dampen, discount, fracture, freeze, give offence, give offense, hurt, lacerate, offend, outrage, pique, put off, put smb.'s nose out of joint, quench, reduce, refract, Rive, ruffle smb.'s feelings, rupture, set up, shatter, skip, snap off, split, stave in, sting, touch, vanquish). (various references) | |
Turkmen | юyrkyldy (crackle), юyrkyldamak (crack, crackle). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ухопитися (clutch, pounce, seize on, seize upon, snatch), різке слово, різкий звук (jangle, jar, phit, scream, skirl, twang), раптом (bang, overnight, plop, slap, suddenly), хватка (clutch, grasp, grip, hug), хапати (click, grab, grabble, grasp, seize, sick, snatch, swoop, tackle, take), кусатися, застібка (chape, clasp, fastener, fibula, hasp, placket), з тріском, ловити (catch, hook, nab, take), поспішний (hasteful, hasty, hurried, ill-judged, precipitate, precipitous, premature, pressing, previous), позачерговий. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự táp, sự hăng hái (ardour, burning, enthusiasm, fire, impassionedness, keenness, mustard, spirit, verve), tách một cái, không một tí nào. (various references) | |
Welsh | clecian (clack, click, crack). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | concrepabunt, increpa, increpabant, increpabat, increpabit, increpabo, increpandum, increpans, increpantibus, increpare, increparet, increpasti, increpat, increpaveris, increpaverunt, increpavit, increpem, increpet, increpueris, increpuerit, increpui, increpuisti, increpuit. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "snap": snapback, snapbacks, snapdragon, snapdragons, snapless, snapped, snapper, snappers, snappier, snappiest, snappily, snappiness, snappinesses, snapping, snappish, snappishly, snappishness, snappishnesses, snappy, snaps, snapshooter, snapshooters, snapshot, snapshots, snapshotted, snapshotting, snapweed, snapweeds. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "snap": gingersnap, unsnap. (additional references) | |
Words containing "snap": gingersnaps, snippersnapper, snippersnappers, unsnapped, unsnapping, unsnaps, whippersnapper, whippersnappers. (additional references) | |
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"Snap" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anap, az, enap, Enpa, Esnal, gnap, Nsad, Oshap, saap, sandp, sanpoa, sanpy, sapn, saqp, scap, seap, senip, shap, sinap, smap, snaa, snaac, snab, snae, snah, snak, snal, snapp, snapy, snarp, snat, snau, snax, snaz, snep, snipp, snmp, snop, snurp, srap, ssap, stap, Vnup, znip. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references | |