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# snap

«snap» in Mova's school dictionary: **to break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (snap, snaps, snapped, snapping); noun (a snap, snaps); adjective (a snap decision)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To snap is to break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#m1)

2) To snap is to say something quickly and angrily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#m2)

3) When an animal snaps, it tries to bite quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#m3)

4) To snap your fingers is to make a clicking sound with them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#m4)

5) A snap is a photograph (informal, British). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#m5)

6) Snap is a card game where you shout "Snap!" when two cards match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In science, a stretched elastic band or a dry twig snaps when the force is too great. In feelings lessons, snapping at someone happens when you are tired or cross; it is better to take a breath. In safety, a dog that snaps is warning you to stay away. Phrases: snap in half, snap at someone, snap out of it, cold snap (sudden cold weather), in a snap (very quickly), a snap decision.

### examples

- The pencil snapped in two. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x1)
- I'm sorry I snapped at you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x2)
- The dog snapped at the postman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x3)
- She snapped her fingers to the music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x4)
- Grandma showed us her holiday snaps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x5)
- Snap out of it and get back to work! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x6)
- We played Snap with a pack of cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x7)
- A cold snap froze the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x8)
- “Man!” he snapped. “A man’s cub. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x9)

### note

Past form snapped, double p. In the USA, "it's a snap" means it is very easy. A dog that snaps is not being playful; give it space.

### In the corpora

- [The alligator snapping turtle lures fish with a pink worm-shaped flap on its tongue and then snaps its jaws shut.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/31-turtles-and-tortoises/16/)
- [Snap a chicken bone from Sunday dinner and it is hollow, with thin struts inside like a bridge, light but strong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight/2/)
- [Snap the wishbone of the Sunday chicken and you hold the same two joined collarbones that T. rex and Velociraptor had.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/269-feathered-dinosaurs-archaeopteryx-to-chicken/4/)
- [Trap-jaw ants snap their jaws so fast they can fling themselves into the air.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/4/)
- [An old Crab tells her daughter "never to lose your temper", and the daughter snaps "Hold your tongue, Ma!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «snap» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.