Crossword clues for snapping
snapping
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Snap \Snap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Snapping.] [LG. or D. snappen to snap up, to snatch; akin to G. schnappen, MHG. snaben, Dan. snappe, and to D. snavel beak, bill. Cf. Neb, Snaffle, n.]
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To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
Breaks the doors open, snaps the locks.
--Prior. To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
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To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.
He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last.
--South. 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.
MacMorian snapped his fingers repeatedly.
--Sir W. Scott. To project with a snap.
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(Cricket) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball). To snap back (Football), to roll the ball back with the foot; -- done only by the center rush, who thus delivers the ball to the quarter back on his own side when both sides are ranged in line. To snap off.
To break suddenly.
To bite off suddenly.
Snapping \Snap"ping\, a. & n. from Snap, v. Snapping beetle. (Zo["o]l.) See Snap beetle, under Snap. Snapping turtle. (Zo["o]l.)
A large and voracious aquatic turtle ( Chelydra serpentina) common in the fresh waters of the United States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle.
See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The sound or action of a snap. 2 The act of snapping at, or speaking sharply to, somebody. vb. (present participle of snap English)
WordNet
n. the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion" [syn: catch, grab, snatch]
a spell of cold weather; "a cold snap in the middle of May"
tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections [syn: snap bean]
a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger [syn: gingersnap, ginger snap, ginger nut]
the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; "servants appeared at the snap of his fingers"
a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig" [syn: crack, cracking]
a sudden breaking
the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed; "the waistband had lost its snap" [syn: elasticity] [ant: inelasticity]
an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends" [syn: snapshot, shot]
a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound; "children can manage snaps better than buttons" [syn: snap fastener, press stud]
any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic" [syn: cinch, breeze, picnic, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake]
the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; "he gave his fingers a snap"
(American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back; "the quarterback fumbled the snap" [syn: centering]
v. utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerky snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us" [syn: snarl]
separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" [syn: tear, rupture, bust]
break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The rope snapped" [syn: crack]
move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward" [syn: click]
snap close with a sound; "The lock snapped shut"
make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped" [syn: crack]
move with a snapping sound; "bullets snapped past us"
to grasp hastily or eagerly; "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone" [syn: snatch, snatch up]
put in play with a snap; "snap a football"
cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" [syn: click, flick]
lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped" [syn: break down, lose it]
record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President" [syn: photograph, shoot]
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Wikipedia
Usage examples of "snapping".
For the mammals of Antarctica, spring was made more interesting by the possibility that from any snowbank there might suddenly erupt a clutch of ravenous allosaur chicks, snapping and squabbling in pursuit of their first meal.
He had swiveled to his extreme left to watch the antics of a superbly sailed Rhodian galley some distance off his stern when his own huge ship lurched, groaned, shuddered convulsively, and the sounds of many oars snapping off like twigs became intermingled with cries of dismay and alarm.
The boy was trembling with excitement, his bright green eyes sparkling as he drank in the splendid vision of the mounted warriors, their gleaming weapons and splendid accouterments, the restless thaptors pawing at the dust, arching their proud necks restlessly, the brilliant bannerol snapping in a brisk breeze.
The door opened, and the little drummer, looking like a rather lewd schoolteacher, came in brassily snapping her fingers.
Marat came through the gates, but the wounded herdbane whipped around at the sudden motion, snapping and lashing with its brassy beak, driving the Marat back.
The image of my heart compressing to the flatness of a plate, my lungs exhaling first air, then blood, then bronchioles, alveoli snapping, my colon popping like a pea, such images tended to wipe out all thoughts of the hereafter with obsessions of the dangers in the here and now.
The muscles in his throat and the strengthened bone of his spinal column prevented Cati from actually snapping his neck, but there was littlie he could do to stop the closure of his windpipe.
Snapping back from a forward stoop, The Shadow hoisted the bulky magnate in mid-air.
He was ashamed of himself for snapping at Malibu, but the pressure was on for some high performance.
Then Marchand was over him, all blood-red eyes and lethal fangs, snapping for the kill even as Eduard struggled to hold him away.
The tri barreled power guns raking Molt hiding places with counterfire cycled so quickly that, like droplets of water in a fountain, the individual cyan flashes seemed to hang in the air instead of snapping light-quick across the valley.
She strapped the babies to her chest to go up on deck, where they mouthed their fists and stared wide-eyed at the great expanses of snapping white sail.
Thiadbold walked toward them through the overgrazed meadow, withered grass snapping under his feet.
Captain Thiadbold walked toward them through the overgrazed meadow, withered grass snapping under his feet.
But the panga hit him across the leg, cutting muscle and snapping the femur.