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Meaning:

Interjection:

  • British|Australia Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
  • British By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same." or similar
  • British Synonym: "same here", "I like you." "Snap!", "I like you, too."
  • The winning cry at a game of snap.
  • Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.

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Noun:

  • A sudden break.
  • A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
  • A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
  • American football The passing of a football from the center to a back that begins play, a hike.
  • An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
  • A photograph (an abbreviation of snapshot)
  • A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
  • A snap bean such as ''Phaseolus vulgaris''.
  • A thin circular cookie or similar good:
  • A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
  • somewhat|_|colloquial A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
  • regional A small meal, a snack.
  • The act of making a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and a opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm.
  • The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
  • uncountable A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To attempt to seize with eagerness.
  • intransitive To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.
  • intransitive To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
  • intransitive To flash or appear to flash as with light.
  • intransitive To fracture or break apart suddenly.
  • intransitive To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
  • intransitive To give way abruptly and loudly.
  • intransitive To speak abruptly or sharply.
  • intransitive To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
  • transitive American football To pass the ball from the center to a back; to hike the ball.
  • transitive To cause something to emit a snapping sound, such as a fastener.
  • transitive To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
  • transitive To close something using a snap as a fastener.
  • transitive To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
  • transitive To say abruptly or sharply.
  • transitive To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and aa opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm.
  • transitive To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
  • transitive To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).

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