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