(n.) To break at once; to break short, as substances that are
brittle.
(n.) To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
(n.) To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.
(n.) To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat
snappishly; -- usually with up.
(n.) To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to
snap a whip.
(n.) To project with a snap.
(v. i.) To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as,
a mast snaps; a needle snaps.
(v. i.) To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to
crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.
(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.
(v. i.) To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as,
to snap at a child.
(v. i.) To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.
(v. t.) A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
(v. t.) A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to
seize, as with the teeth.
(v. t.) A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung
from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.
(v. t.) A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a
whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.
(v. t.) A greedy fellow.
(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.
(v. t.) A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the
weather; as, a cold 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.
(v. t.) A snap beetle.
(v. t.) A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with
ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.
(v. t.) Briskness; vigor; energy; decision.
(v. t.) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an
advantage gained.
