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snap (snaps plural & 3rd person present) (snapping present participle) (snapped past tense & past participle )

1 verb If something snaps or if you snap it, it breaks suddenly, usually with a sharp cracking noise.
He shifted his weight and a twig snapped... V

2 verb If you snap something into a particular position, or if it snaps into that position, it moves quickly into that position, with a sharp sound.
He snapped the notebook shut... V n adv/prep

3  verb If you snap your fingers, you make a sharp sound by moving your middle finger quickly across your thumb, for example in order to accompany music or to order someone to do something. (=click)
She had millions of listeners snapping their fingers to her first single...  V n
  Snap is also a noun., n-sing N of n

4 verb If someone snaps at you, they speak to you in a sharp, unfriendly way.
`Of course I don't know her,' Roger snapped... V with quote

5 verb If someone snaps, or if something snaps inside them, they suddenly stop being calm and become very angry because the situation has become too tense or too difficult for them.
He finally snapped when she prevented their children from visiting him one weekend... V

6 verb If an animal such as a dog snaps at you, it opens and shuts its jaws quickly near you, as if it were going to bite you.
His teeth clicked as he snapped at my ankle... V at n

7 adj A snap decision or action is one that is taken suddenly, often without careful thought.
I think this is too important for a snap decision...

8 n-count A snap is a photograph.
INFORMAL
(=photo)
...a snap my mother took last year.

9 verb If you snap someone or something, you take a photograph of them.
INFORMAL
(=photograph)
He was the first ever non-British photographer to be invited to snap a royal. V n

10
→ cold snap snap out of phrasal verb If someone who is depressed snaps out of it or snaps out of their depression, they suddenly become more cheerful, especially by making an effort.
Come on, snap out of it!... V P P it

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