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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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