verb#5,765 by frequency
snap
/snæp/
To fracture or break apart suddenly; To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack; To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc
- he/she/it
- snaps
- past participle
- snapped
Meanings
- 1
To fracture or break apart suddenly
He snapped a branch off the tree.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
When I snap my fingers, you'll wake up.
Tatoeba · marcelostockle · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack
- 3
To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc
- 4
To attempt to seize with eagerness
- 5
To speak abruptly or sharply
- 6
To give way abruptly and loudly
- 7
To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound
- 8
To snatch with or as if with the teeth
- 9
To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose
- 10
To say abruptly or sharply