Definition of snap

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Snap (v. i.) 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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Snap :: Snap (v. t.) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained.
Snaphance :: Snaphance (n.) A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached..
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap..
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun..
Snapdragon :: Snapdragon (n.) Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon..
Sea Lawyer :: Sea lawyer () The gray snapper. See under Snapper.
Snipper-snaper :: Snipper-snaper (n.) A small, insignificant fellow..
Snappish :: Snappish (a.) Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
Grunt :: Grunt (n.) Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt (H. aurolineatus), of the Southern United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma. Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the noise it makes when taken..
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
Fillip :: Fillip (v. t.) To snap; to project quickly.
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural..
Snape :: Snape (v. t.) To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
Crepitate :: Crepitate (v.) To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap..
Snap :: Snap (n.) To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle..
Knap :: Knap (v. t.) To strike smartly; to rap; to snap.
Knappish :: Knappish (a.) Snappish; peevish.
Personate :: Personate (a.) Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon..
Whipster :: Whipster (n.) A nimble little fellow; a whippersnapper.
Snap :: Snap (n.) To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip..
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