Meaning of Snap | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Clipping of Snapchat.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
2. Acronym of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
   US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
3. Acronym of soluble NSF attachment protein.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
4. A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
   countable, uncountable
5. Acronym of Subnetwork Access Protocol.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
6. A sudden break.
   countable, uncountable
7. Acronym of Scalable Network Application Package.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, historical
8. An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
   countable, uncountable
9. Acronym of Symbolic Network Analysis Program.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
10. The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
    countable, uncountable
11. A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
    countable, uncountable
12. A photograph; a snapshot.
    countable, informal, uncountable
13. The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
    countable, uncountable
14. A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
    countable, uncountable
15. A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
    countable, uncountable
16. 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.
    countable, uncountable
17. A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
    countable, uncountable
18. A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
    countable, uncountable
19. A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
    colloquial, countable, uncountable
20. A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
    countable, uncountable
21. A small meal, a snack; lunch.
    UK, countable, regional, uncountable
22. A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
    uncountable
23. A greedy fellow.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
24. That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
    countable, uncountable
25. Briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
    countable, uncountable
26. Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.
    archaic, countable, slang, uncountable
27. Something that is easy or effortless.
    countable, slang, uncountable
28. A snapper, or snap beetle.
    countable, uncountable
29. jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
    countable, humorous, uncountable
30. A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
    countable, uncountable
31. Something of no value.
    colloquial, countable, uncountable
32. Alternative letter-case form of Snap.
    countable, uncountable
33. A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
    countable, uncountable
34. Clipping of Snapchat (“user account on Snapchat”).
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable, uncountable
35. A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
    countable, uncountable
36. A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
    uncountable
37. A tool used by riveters.
    countable, uncountable
38. A tool used by glass-moulders.
    countable, uncountable
39. A brief theatrical engagement.
    countable, dated, slang, uncountable
40. A cheat or sharper.
    countable, dated, slang, uncountable
41. A newsflash.
    countable, uncountable
42. An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.
    countable, slang, uncountable
43. A subgenre of hip-hop music derived from crunk.
    uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“We took a few snaps of the old church before moving on.”

“a ginger snap”

“It'll be a snap to get that finished.”

“I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap.”

“According to Pro Football Focus, Simmons, listed at 6-foot-4 and 238 pounds, played at least 100 snaps at five positions — slot cornerback, edge rusher, linebacker and both safety spots — and finished with 16½ tackles for a loss, eight sacks, eight pass deflections and three interceptions.”

“When I went to put my coat on at snap time, what should go runnin' up my arm but a mouse.”

“up rises a Cunning Snap, then at the Board, who desir'd to be Inform'd”

“He's a nimble fellow, / And alike skill'd in every liberal science, / As having certain snaps of all.”

“A Sea Soldier is certaine of victuals and wages, where the Land Soldiers pay will hardly find him sustenance. A Sea Soldier may now and than chaunce to haue a snapp at a bootie or a price, which may in an instant make him a fortune […]”

“The Profs they lead a jolly life, jolly life, / They're free from every care and strife, care and strife. / They make the studes, poor studes fall into line; / I wish the Profs' soft snap were mine.”

“I’m afraid my course is regarded as a ‘snap.’ Everybody, it seems, can grasp English literature (and produce it).”

“The job was a snap. I travelled the country averaging a thousand miles a week and, since the previous incumbent had been a lazy bugger, managed to treble the business. It was a cinch.”

“not worth a snap”

“By April 2014, over 700 million snaps are shared per day on Snapchat — more than Facebook, WhatsApp, and other social networks.”

“The oldest snaps will be deleted after 24 hours, and to keep the story going you'll have to add new content regularly.”

“While Snapchat bases its whole product marketing on the auto-deletion of the snaps (images and videos) so that they are not stored, recent reports indicate otherwise.”

““[…] What’s your snap?” she asks. “Oh here.” He jerks for his phone not trying to test her patience or invitation. They trade info. “Cool,” she comments and memorizes his username.”

“In addition to compliments (“that’s hot!”) and direct propositions (“please post a full frontal shot”), commenters often leave invitations on users’ posts to direct message them (“DM me!”), follow their account (“follow me”) or exchange usernames for the ephemeral social messaging service, Snapchat (“snap: @readyforyou”, “what’s your snap?”).”

“He asked for my snap one day so I gave it to him, but strictly as friends and he knew that.”

“A 'snap' usually becomes a 'newsflash' on air. Keep snaps short, only run them when news is really 'hot', and try not to break a story within a few minutes of the bulletin unless it is top priority.”

“[…] black communities, this “snap” or example of the “dozens” (the clever form of insult also known as signifying and dissin') appears: “Your father's so black that when he falls down, people hop over him for fear of falling in.””

“The subcategory of snaps or rankouts often follows the formula of “Your mother's like——; she——,” or “Your mother's so——, she——.” Examples are “Your mother's like a door-knob; everyone gets a turn” and “Your mother's so low, she could play handball on the curb.””

“Snap is another music style that came out of Atlanta. Snap is an early- to mid-2000s hip hop style derived from crunk.”

“Lots of people who are in compliance with the new rules – either because they already work or meet exemption criteria – could lose their assistance because of red tape, said Dottie Rosenbaum, the center’s director of federal SNAP policy.”

“Most of the current proposals to eliminate soda from SNAP come from reliably Republican states, but the partisan lines aren’t straightforward.”

“According to the Food Research and Action Center, 39 percent of children, 20 percent of seniors and 10 percent of disabled people across the country depend on SNAP to put food on their tables each month.”

“Others pointed to messages on Snap, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube with doctored clips of “news reports” saying that voting was rigged where they lived and said, Why even bother voting?”

“Do you have snap? That at least has voice messages we could trade without trading numbers..ya know, in case im a psycho”

““What’s your Snap?” she says, pulling out her phone, medium-sized with a black sparkly cover that says *That B!tch* in gold letters. “I don’t have Snap,” I say.”

““What’s your Snap handle? We should become friends.””

“That nutter Teo keeps sending me messages on Snap asking if you’re at ours??”

“The Snapstreak increases when you and your friend send a Snap to each other within a 24-hour period for three consecutive days.”

““Can we exchange info or something? Maybe we can meet up tomorrow.” “Sure, my Snap is NoWaySims.” “That sounds like a fake account,” Ty said.”

““I’m in. I’m in. We’ll have a lot to coordinate here, so what’s your Snap?” Brady pulled out his phone and waited on my reply. “Yeah, I don’t have Snapchat. I’ll just give you my number.””

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