SNAP

Definitions

1. 1. A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
2. 2. A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.
3. 3. A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.
4. 4. A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.
5. 5. A greedy fellow. L'Estrange.
6. 6. 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. He's a nimble fellow, And alike skilled in every liberal science, As having certain snaps of all. B. Jonson.
7. 7. A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap. Lowell.
8. 8. A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.
9. 9. A snap beetle.
10. 10. A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.
11. 11. Briskness; vigor; energy; decision. [Colloq.]
12. 12. Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. [Slang] Snap back (Football), the act of snapping back the ball. -- Snap beetle, or Snap bug (Zoöl.), any beetle of the family Elateridæ, which, when laid on its back, is able to leap to a considerable height by means of a thoracic spring; -- called also snapping beetle. -- Snap flask (Molding), a flask for small work, having its sides separable and held together by latches, so that the flask may be removed from around the sand mold. -- Snap judgment, a judgment formed on the instant without deliberation. -- Snap lock, a lock shutting with a catch or snap. -- Snap riveting, riveting in which the rivets have snapheads formed by a die or swaging tool. -- Snap shot, a quick offhand shot, without deliberately taking aim.