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Definition of snap :
1. A snap shot with a firearm.
2. A snapshot.
3. Any task, labor, set of circumstances, or the like, that yields satisfactory results or gives pleasure with little trouble or effort, as an easy course of study, a job where work is light, a bargain, etc.
4. Done, performed, made, executed, carried through, or the like, quickly and without deliberation; as, a snap judgment or decision; a snap political convention.
5. Of the eyes, to emit sudden, brief sparkles like those of a snapping fire, as sometimes in anger.
6. Something of no value; as, not worth a snap.
7. To catch out sharply ( a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
Synonyms:
walkover, play, collapse, film, fling, riffle, pull, press stud, break, deplume, tangle, crevice, picnic, arrest, nobble, crack up, flash, shooter, chatter, check, give way, conk out, crumple, kidnap, stab, field day, dart, wrench, burgeon forth, dead reckoning, yank, give out, deplumate, analyze, fall into place, stroke, crack cocaine, fail, bit, embrangle, photograph, break up, haul, lose it, tick, snatch, focal point, fritter, break down, gibe, snapshot, chap, germinate, rupture, abduct, dash, analyse, pluck, strike, wear out, focus, ginger nut, guessing, focusing, jerk, bark, piece of cake, snatch up, twitch, fool away, blastoff, child's play, charge, breeze, reach, gap, bourgeon, mat, take apart, fritter away, air, fold, hit, cluck, centering, elasticity, fool, scissure, jibe, go, cracking, riff, shoot down, nip, kidnapping, take, offer, zephyr, shaft, penetrate, pellet, snap bean, puss, wear, pop, words, shooting, ease, twat, girth, decompose, crush, tear, push, shot, cunt, raid, move, injection, spud, taking into custody, ginger snap, bust, snap fastener, sally, blast, gentle wind, wisecrack, quip, stop, fall apart, dissect, scud, pullulate, frivol away, guess, pass, thumb, pip, sink in, scoot, leaf, get across, pinch, grab, tumble, explosion, scene, tornado, die, whirl, crumble, flick, snarl, match, gingersnap, focussing, barb, gimmick, inject, pushover, buck, fissure, displume, cleft, slit, flip, dawn, dig, dissipate, entangle, break through, duck soup, pussy, ruffle, crock up, flicker, outing, direction, get through, shoot, snarl up, go bad, cranny, apprehension, fracture, lurch, collar, guesswork, sprout, come home
energy (part of speech: noun)
pep, verve, spunk, power, activity, stamina, spark, potency, fire, fervor, zeal, vim, strength, zip, effervescence, force, puissance, might, vigor, zing, vivacity, energy, drive, spirit
snap (part of speech: noun)
crepitation, whack, slam, knock, tap, clap, bang, rap, click, boom, report, burst, crack, bump, smack, thump, thwack, clack, slap, flap, crash
fastener (part of speech: noun)
guy, connector, brace, hook, stay, anchor, bracket, mucilage, fuse, hawser, spike, vinculum, knot, hinge, skewer, tie, ligament, belt, nail, go-between, hitch, cinch, mediator, cotter, stitch, fastener, medium, grapnel, cleat, fastening, rabbet, staple, thread, suture, clasp, closure, string, band, agent, chain, buckle, weld, rivet, paste, catch, braid, link, clamp, twine, hasp, pin, binding, latch, clinch, lock, brad, cincture, coupling, lace, bonding, splice, zipper, clip, binder, bolt, seal, tack, strap, knitting, middleman, bond, vise, button, glue, cement
Usage examples:
- He waited, expecting a tap on the shoulder or the snap of the tangle gun. - "Tangle Hold", F. L. Wallace.
- One night having heard Rodolphe snap his fingers, which usually meant that he was satisfied with his work, Mimi suddenly sat up in bed and passing her head through the curtains said, " Is my dress finished?" - "Bohemians of the Latin Quarter", Henry Murger.
- A voice might give the other direction for a snap shot if that was what he was waiting for. - "The Man Who Staked the Stars", Charles Dye.