Snap(v. i.)
- To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps.
Snap(v. i.)
- To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.
Snap(v. i.)
- To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.
Snap(v. i.)
- To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as, to snap at a child.
Snap(v. t.)
- That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
Snap(v. t.)
- A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.
Snap(v. t.)
- A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.