snap

1. verb

1)

the ruler snapped

Syn:

break, fracture, splinter, come apart, split, crack; informal bust

2)

she snapped after years of violence

Syn:

flare up, lose one's self-control, freak out, go to pieces, get worked up; informal crack up, lose one's cool, blow one's top, fly off the handle

3)

a dog was snapping at his heels

Syn:

bite; gnash its teeth

4)

"Be quiet!" Anna snapped

Syn:

say roughly, say brusquely, say abruptly, say angrily, bark, snarl, growl; retort, rejoin, retaliate; informal jump down someone's throat

2. noun

1)

she closed her purse with a snap

Syn:

click, crack, pop

2)

a cold snap

Syn:

period, spell, time, interval, stretch, patch

3) informal

vacation snaps

Syn:

photograph, picture, photo, shot, snapshot, print, slide, frame, still; informal mug shot

4)

it's a snap to put together

Syn:

an easy task; informal a piece of cake, a cinch, a breeze, child's play, kid's stuff, duck soup

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- snap out of it

- snap up