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Meaning of Snapping | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

Definitions

  1. The sound or action of a snap.
  2. The act of snapping at, or speaking sharply to, somebody.

Equivalents

العربية العضّ
Deutsch schnalzend
Suomi äksyileminen äksyily ärjähtäminen katkeaminen kivahtaminen loksahtaminen lonksuttaminen lonksutus naksahtaminen naksauttaminen napsauttaminen napsautus näpsäyttäminen näpsäytys niksahtaminen niksautus raksahtaminen räpsintä räpsyttäminen risahtaminen taittuminen tuiskinta
हिन्दी चुटकी
Tiếng Việt lốp bốp

Examples

“Snappings, audible or palpable, were noted in 45 cases (77 per cent). They were either heard in the course of the examination (about half), or were mentioned in the anamnesis.”
“There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

snapping beetle snapping hip syndrome snapping scapula syndrome snapping shrimp snapping turtle Snappish

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