What is "snap judgment"

Snap \Snap\, n. [Cf. D. snap a snatching. See Snap, v. t.]

1. A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.

2. A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.

3. A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.

4. A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.

5. A greedy fellow.
   --L'Estrange.

6. 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.

   He's a nimble fellow, And alike skilled in every liberal science, As having certain snaps of all.
   --B. Jonson.

7. A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.
   --Lowell.

8. 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.

9. (Zo["o]l.) A snap beetle.

10. A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.

11. Briskness; vigor; energy; decision. [Colloq.]

12. Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. [Slang]

13. Any task, labor, set of circumstances, or the like, that yields satisfactory results or gives pleasure with little trouble or effort, as an easy course of study, a job where work is light, a bargain, etc. [Slang, Chiefly U. S.]

14. A snap shot with a firearm.

15. (Photog.) A snapshot.

16. Something of no value; as, not worth a snap. [Colloq.]

17. (Football) The action of snapping the ball back, from the center usu. to the quarterback, which commences the play (down), and, if the clock had stopped, restarts the timer clock; a snap back.

    Snap back (Football), the act of snapping back the ball.

    Snap beetle, or Snap bug (Zo["o]l.), any beetle of the family Elaterid[ae], which, when laid on its back, is able to leap to a considerable height by means of a thoracic spring; -- called also snapping beetle.

    Snap flask (Molding), a flask for small work, having its sides separable and held together by latches, so that the flask may be removed from around the sand mold.

    Snap judgment, a judgment formed on the instant without deliberation.

    Snap lock, a lock shutting with a catch or snap.

    Snap riveting, riveting in which the rivets have snapheads formed by a die or swaging tool.

    Snap shot, a quick offhand shot, without deliberately taking aim.

n. 1 (context countable idiomatic English) A decision made without deliberation or in excessive haste. 2 (context uncountable idiomatic English) Making decisions without deliberation or in excessive haste.

Snap Judgment is an American daytime game show hosted by Ed McMahon (with Gene Rayburn as occasional substitute) and announced by Johnny Olson which ran on NBC from April 3, 1967 to March 28, 1969 at 10:00 AM Eastern (9:00 Central). The program was created and produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman.

The series aired during an eight-year period in which the network aired a five-minute newscast at 10:25 AM; the exception during this time was from June 1964 to March 1965, when the slot had daytime repeats of the sitcom Make Room For Daddy (a series which had never aired on NBC in first-run).

The title Snap Judgment may refer to:

• Snap judgment, a quickly-made decision

Snap Judgment may also refer to:

• Snap Judgment (game show), a 1967–1969 U.S. television game show
• Snap Judgment (legal comedy show), a 1999–2000 U.S. television legal comedy show
• Snap Judgment (radio show), a public radio series distributed by the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and NPR
• Snap Judgment (film), a 1917 American comedy western film directed by Edward Sloman

Snap Judgment is a weekly storytelling radio series and podcast, distributed by the WNYC Studios, and hosted by Glynn Washington. Each episode is made up of narrative nonfiction pieces on a common theme. The program first aired in July 2010.

Snap Judgment was a daily American legal comedy television program, which aired on CourtTV from 1999 to 2000, hosted by commentator Lionel, and created by Lizz Winstead.

Court TV described it as "an irreverent, satirical and 'judicially incorrect' look at the absurdities that exist in all areas of the legal system."

According to a review in the New York Observer, "Snap Judgment, hosted by the AM radio personality currently known as Lionel, is a novelty for Court TV, a satirical examination of the process it otherwise treats so reverently. The show contains court testimony from absurd lawsuits and profiles of obscure players in the legal profession." According to The New York Times, "Shown on weeknights, the show features Lionel offering sardonic commentary on legal events in the news and video excerpts from trials, often from small-claims courts. An "expert" then joins Lionel in analyzing the cases. One recent case: a fight between two neighbors over injury to a chicken that inspired producers to book the Chicken Man, whose usual job is on-street promotion for poultry dinners."