snap
verb (used without object), snapped, snap·ping.
verb (used with object), snapped, snap·ping.
noun
adjective
adverb
interjection
Verb Phrases
- to come to attention: The troops snapped to when the colonel walked in.
- to shape up: If you don't snap to and study, you'll flunk the course.
Idioms for snap
Origin of snap
OTHER WORDS FROM snap
snap·less, adjective snap·pa·ble, adjective snap·ping·ly, adverbWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH snap
schnapps snapsWords nearby snap
Example sentences from the Web for snapped
An x-ray two hours later confirms my hunch: my tibia (the big bone behind the shin) is snapped clean in two.
She snapped at Chinese reporters after a loss at the French Open last year, when asked what she had to say to the people at home.
Tennis Star Li Na Says Goodbye to the Court…and Puts the Sport’s Rise in Asia in Question |Nicholas McCarvel |September 19, 2014 |DAILY BEASTThe other imbibers always gasp in horror, as if someone just snapped their single malt right out of their hand.
I snapped some photos, got into the rolling car, and we sped away.
Safety officials believe it snapped, sending both acrobats and apparatus hurtling 25 to 40 feet to the floor.
He snapped the ball, however, to Mylert, nipping Berry at the plate.
Baseball Joe in the World Series |Lester ChadwickHelplessly the boy spun the cylinder and snapped the hammer again and again, but to no purpose.
Twenty-Four Unusual Stories for Boys and Girls |Anna Cogswell TylerEach time it snapped to, I looped it once around and pulled the wet line tight.
The Jewels of Aptor |Samuel R. Delany"If the blow were struck with sufficient force," snapped the Coroner.
The Solitary Farm |Fergus Hume"Yes, I do," she snapped viciously as she turned toward the door.
Tristram of Blent |Anthony Hope
British Dictionary definitions for snapped
verb snaps, snapping or snapped
- to dismiss with contempt
- to defy
noun
adverb
interjection
- cards the word called while playing snap
- an exclamation used to draw attention to the similarity of two things