snaps Meaning & Definition
What Does Snaps Mean?
Snaps is a noun that means plural of snap. As a verb, it means To fracture or break apart suddenly.
Snaps Definition (Noun)
- plural of snap
Noun
- Alternative spelling of schnapps.
apple snaps; peach snaps
- A savory herbal alcoholic beverage.
Noun
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- A sudden break.
- An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- The act of making a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm.
- A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- A photograph; a snapshot.
We took a few snaps of the old church before moving on.
- The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
a ginger snap
- A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap.
- A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
- (somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
- A greedy fellow.
- 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.
- Briskness; vigour; energy; decision
- Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.
- Something that is easy or effortless.
- A snapper, or snap beetle.
- Jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- Something of no value.
not worth a snap
- A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
- A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
- A tool used by riveters.
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- A brief theatrical engagement.
- An easy and profitable place or task; a sinecure.
- A cheat or sharper.
Snaps as a Verb
- To fracture or break apart suddenly.
He snapped his stick in anger.
- To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
Blazing firewood snaps.
- To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.
A dog snaps at a passenger. A fish snaps at the bait.
- To attempt to seize with eagerness.
She snapped at the chance to appear on television.
- To speak abruptly or sharply.
He snapped at me for the slightest mistake.
- To give way abruptly and loudly.
- To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
She should take a break before she snaps.
- To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
The floating toolbar will snap to the edge of the screen when dragged towards it.
- To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- To say abruptly or sharply.
- To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
- To cause something to emit a snapping sound.
to snap a fastener
- To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
- To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
He snapped a picture of me with my mouth open and my eyes closed.
- To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him.
- To misfire.
The gun snapped.
- To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
Synonyms of Snaps
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Snaps synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Snaps
No antonyms or near antonyms are listed by the available sources for this entry.
Snaps in a Sentence
apple snaps; peach snaps
We took a few snaps of the old church before moving on.
a ginger snap
I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap.
not worth a snap
He snapped his stick in anger.
Blazing firewood snaps.
A dog snaps at a passenger. A fish snaps at the bait.
She snapped at the chance to appear on television.
He snapped at me for the slightest mistake.
She should take a break before she snaps.
The floating toolbar will snap to the edge of the screen when dragged towards it.
to snap a fastener
He snapped a picture of me with my mouth open and my eyes closed.
He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him.
The gun snapped.
Word Forms & Grammar
snaps
snaps (countable and uncountable, plural snapses)