snap

Etymology
From or, ultimately from , from , intensive form of  ”to snap; grab”, whence 🇨🇬, from ; compare 🇨🇬. (One alternative hypothesis links the Germanic words to, an root deriving words meaning “nose”, “”, “” etc., but this is phonetically unsound.)  In any case influenced by ; note expressions such as , containing the formally unrelated.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1) A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
 * 2) A sudden break.
 * 3) An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
 * 4) The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
 * 5) A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
 * 6)  A photograph; a snapshot.
 * 7) The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
 * 8) A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
 * 9) A brief, sudden period of a certain weather;
 * 10) 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.
 * 11) A snap bean such as.
 * 12)  A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
 * 13)  A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
 * 14)  A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
 * 15)  A small meal, a snack; lunch.
 * 16)  A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
 * 17)  A greedy fellow.
 * 18) 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.
 * 19) briskness; vigour; energy; decision
 * 20)  Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained.
 * 21) * 1876, New Shakspere Society (London, England), Publications (page 169)
 * 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
 * 1)  Something that is easy or effortless.
 * 2) A snapper, or snap beetle.
 * 3)  jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
 * 4) A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
 * 5)  Something of no value.
 * 6) A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
 * 7)   A package provided for the application sandboxing system  developed by.
 * 8)  A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
 * 9) A tool used by riveters.
 * 10) A tool used by glass-moulders.
 * 11)  A brief theatrical engagement.
 * 12)  A cheat or sharper.
 * 13) A newsflash.
 * 14)  An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.
 * 1) A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
 * 2)  Something of no value.
 * 3) A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
 * 4)   A package provided for the application sandboxing system  developed by.
 * 5)  A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
 * 6) A tool used by riveters.
 * 7) A tool used by glass-moulders.
 * 8)  A brief theatrical engagement.
 * 9)  A cheat or sharper.
 * 10) A newsflash.
 * 11)  An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.
 * 1)   A package provided for the application sandboxing system  developed by.
 * 2)  A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
 * 3) A tool used by riveters.
 * 4) A tool used by glass-moulders.
 * 5)  A brief theatrical engagement.
 * 6)  A cheat or sharper.
 * 7) A newsflash.
 * 8)  An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.
 * 1)  An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.
 * 1)  An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, napsaus ; napsautus
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:, , , , Peitschenknall
 * Italian:
 * Maori: patō
 * Portuguese: (sound)
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: : ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * German:, Brechen
 * Maori: whati
 * Portuguese:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: nappaus,
 * German: Schnappen, Zuschnappen
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: lusknutí
 * Finnish: (sormien) napsautus
 * French:
 * German: Schnippen, Schnalzen, Fingerschnippen
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: estalar (os dedos)
 * Russian: щелчо́к па́льцами
 * Spanish: chasquido de dedos
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu:


 * Bulgarian: затварящо устройство
 * Finnish:
 * German: Schnappverschluss, Schnappschloss, ,
 * Ido:
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: räpsy
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Occitan:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, , instantánea


 * German: Losbrechen, Losschnappen, Ruckanstieg
 * Italian:


 * Bulgarian: курабия
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Portuguese: geladiço,


 * Finnish:, vilaus, , ; pikkujuttu, pikkuhomma
 * German: ,
 * Occitan:, virat d'uèlh
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, un abrir y cerrar de ojos


 * Finnish: vihreä papu


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: aloitussyöttö
 * German:


 * Finnish: ;
 * German:


 * Finnish:
 * German: Schnipp Schnapp
 * Irish: snap
 * Italian: rubamazzetto
 * Maori: taukapo


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 加加速度
 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: puupenni


 * Finnish:


 * German: Schnippchen

Verb

 * 1)  To fracture or break apart suddenly.
 * 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 suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
 * 8)  To flash or appear to flash as with light.
 * 9)  To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
 * 10)  To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
 * 11)  To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
 * 12)  To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
 * 13)  To say abruptly or sharply.
 * 14)  To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
 * 15)  To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
 * 16)  To close something using a snap as a fastener.
 * 17)  Snapping fingers.ogvAlt Finger Snap.ogv snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
 * 18)  To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
 * 19)  To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
 * 20)  To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
 * 21) To misfire.
 * 22)  To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
 * 1)  To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
 * 2)  To say abruptly or sharply.
 * 3)  To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
 * 4)  To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
 * 5)  To close something using a snap as a fastener.
 * 6)  Snapping fingers.ogvAlt Finger Snap.ogv snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
 * 7)  To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
 * 8)  To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
 * 9)  To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
 * 10) To misfire.
 * 11)  To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
 * 1)  To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
 * 2)  To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
 * 3)  To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
 * 4) To misfire.
 * 5)  To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
 * 1)  To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
 * 2) To misfire.
 * 3)  To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
 * 1)  To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
 * 2) To misfire.
 * 3)  To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
 * 1)  To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
 * 1)  To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).

Translations

 * Bashkir: кинәт/ҡапыл ярылыу, шартлап һыныу, өҙөлөү
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: napsahtaa poikki, ; , mennä poikki
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: whati
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:, de golpe


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: rasahtaa, räsähtää
 * German:
 * Irish: pléasc
 * Maori: kē, patō, pakē
 * Russian: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, , näykätä
 * German:
 * Ottoman Turkish: چاقمق
 * Russian: ,


 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Finnish: tiuskaista, äyskäistä ; ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Polish: odpyskiwać, odpyskowywać, odpyskować
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Russian: сорваться (с катушек)
 * Spanish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Finnish:,  ,
 * German: zusammenschnappen,
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, ;
 * German: ,
 * Russian: ,


 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: tiuskaista, äyskäistä ; ,
 * German:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: ,


 * Finnish: napsauttaa kiinni
 * German: zuschanppen


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: lusknout, luskat
 * Finnish: napsauttaa sormiaan
 * French: claquer des doigts
 * German:, ,
 * Icelandic: smella
 * Maltese: faqqa'
 * Polish: pstrykać palcami, pstryknąć palcami
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: napauttaa, näpsäyttää


 * Finnish: näpätä ;
 * German:, einen Schnappschuss machen
 * Icelandic: smella, snappa
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: antaa aloitussyöttö
 * German: zurückpassen


 * Finnish:
 * German:

Interjection
!


 * 1) The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
 * 2)  "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
 * 3)  Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).
 * 4)  Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
 * 5)  Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
 * 1)  Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
 * 1)  Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.

Translations

 * Hungarian: a manóba


 * Icelandic:

Adjective

 * 1)  Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation.

Etymology
Borrowed from the

Noun

 * 1) trigger
 * 2) morsel

Verb

 * 1) pull a trigger
 * 2) misfire

Noun

 * 1)  photograph