snaps
noun
Meaning
- 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.
- To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.
- To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- To speak abruptly or sharply.
- To give way abruptly and loudly.
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