SNAP


Meaning of SNAP in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a cold snap (= a short period of very cold weather )

There had been a sudden cold snap just after Christmas.

a snap decision (= one that you make extremely quickly )

Police officers often have to make snap decisions on how to act.

a snap judgment (= made quickly )

In my business, I often have to make snap judgments about people.

cold snap

pick up/snap up a bargain (= find one )

You can often pick up a bargain at an auction.

sb's patience snaps (= they suddenly show their anger )

Celia's patience snapped when he dropped a second glass of wine on the carpet.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

back

His opponent's head snapped back over the edge of the drop and was still.

Since then, my head has snapped back fast enough to get a serious case of whiplash.

She'd have done better to snap back at him the way he'd snapped at her!

The first few days, even the first week, can be very disorienting, and then things snap back into focus.

Though depressed, they may snap back when least expected.

off

He snapped off a shot, hardly even bothering to point the gun before he squeezed the trigger.

There was an available seat, a metal kitchen chair with its back snapped off .

And then, finally, he would have snapped off their arms and legs and used their torsos for planting geraniums.

Screams rang out in some hallways when the lights snapped off .

The light trained on his bed snaps off .

I reacted so fast that our Huey snapped off the ground.

Margaret and Jack Carolan, from Huyton, had sneaked a camera inside and were snapping off shots as keepsakes.

They either snap off in the middle or just fall over of their own weight.

open

He shouted for the doors to be opened and of course they snapped open as usual.

She snapped open her handbag blindly with a sense of gathering panic.

Then the Prophet's eyes snapped open again and the pleading was gone.

together

Take care with the magnets by the way, as allowing them to snap together causes them to break.

He felt yet another ingredient must be missing which prevented a living system from snapping together .

She saw his face change, his brows snap together .

up

It shot ahead by more than 34 points to a new all-time peak of 2842.0 with buyers snapping up anything that moved.

Sometimes during a science test, his head would snap up as quickly as if he had a sudden toothache.

Free-market reforms have nurtured a burgeoning middle class and even some super rich, both snapping up the latest in electronics.

House for £1 deposit FIRST-TIME buyers are queueing to snap up homes for a £1 down-payment.

Margaret Thatcher's governments encouraged the old nationalised industries to sell derelict sites which retailers snapped up for building superstores.

Because of its popularity, many of the association's new homes have already been snapped up .

He always laughed noiselessly, his jaw snapping up and down as he took in great gulps of air.

■ NOUN

attention

Each man would snap smartly to attention and then they would climb aboard the fire engine and ride through the town.

We were soaking in this scenery when we were snapped back to attention by an approaching rapid.

finger

Those riverbeds could snap an axle as crisply as the way that Zervos snapped his fingers when he danced.

I snapped my finger in front of his eyes, and a trance was broken.

He relished the image, saw it clearly, felt the tendons on Carter's neck snapping under his fingers .

One of the guys snaps his fingers , and the nearest workman veers in a sharp turn and sprints to his side.

He snapped his fingers at the barmaid and ordered a brandy.

Five minutes into the First Act Dotty Blundell forgot her lines and snapped her fingers for a prompt.

Zak was nodding his mop of curls beside me and had begun snapping his fingers rather fast.

He gave a royal snort, either of disappointment or relief, and snapped his fingers for another round of wine.

head

His opponent's head snapped back over the edge of the drop and was still.

Since then, my head has snapped back fast enough to get a serious case of whiplash.

And Nurse Cohen above him, her head snapped back by a blow and the blood splintering from it.

His head snapped violently and twisted to follow it, as though it had tethered him, looped around his neck.

Suddenly Satan's head snapped up, ears erect.

Cocking her head , she snapped the fan shut and pointed it at him.

As a player Souness has a highly flammable temper; when he loses the head , something snaps .

Pricey stopped with a jolt, his head snapped back, his jaw snapped shut.

heel

It's touted as the cheaper alternative to Photoshop, and is snapping at the heels of the industry benchmark.

I've the problems of the world on my shoulders and the Captain snapping at my heels .

As night fell the Empire army was in full retreat with wolf riders snapping at their heels .

patience

His patience snapped with the vodka advert.

I held Jack, and together we smiled at the camera. Patience snapped the shutter.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

bite/snap sb's head off

A geek is a carnival performer who bites the heads off live chickens and snakes.

He had no right to bite the head off one of his staunchest friends.

I could have bitten her head off.

Just to bite their heads off.

Not two minutes in his company and she was biting his head off.

The gusts are becoming malevolent, snapping the heads off the waves like daisies.

This Katherine bites the heads off rag-dolls and threatens her sister Bianca with a pair of pinking shears.

You could trust him not to take the mickey, or to turn round and bite your head off.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

"Can't you see I'm eating?" Mattie snapped.

A twig snapped under his foot.

Charlotte's patience suddenly snapped.

Cheaper versions are made of metal that could rust and snap .

He accidentally snapped his putter in half during one tournament.

He hit a rock and snapped the truck's axle.

High winds snapped power lines in the city, leaving more than 9000 people without power.

Leroy finally snapped and attacked his tormentors.

Mel snapped a picture with his pocket camera.

Melanie Smithson, who is accused of murdering her husband, has claimed that she snapped after years of violence and abuse.

One of the strings on my guitar snapped when I was tuning it.

Power lines snapped in the high winds.

The cops snapped the handcuffs back onto the prisoner.

The Rockets finally snapped a seven-game losing streak by defeating Portland.

The tip of the Christmas tree snapped off when it fell.

When he hit me across the face, I just snapped.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

And then holding the cigarette in front of his face he snapped the tip like some breaker of bread.

As soon as the ball was snapped, I took off after them.

As the pounding got louder and louder, suddenly Christine snapped.

But the actors snap the movie back to life with sharply observed emotion.

Her twig-thin legs seemed fit to snap .

One hundred feet up it snapped into full canopy.

Sliding them on to the desk, she snapped open her briefcase and took out her calculator.

The nurse snapped her fingers, and they sprang into motion.

II. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

take

Elvis Grbac took the snap , tucked his body into a tight C and dropped it into the end zone.

To John, for taking the snaps , and to all the others for keeping us going with cups of tea.

Mike took a snap out the window with the Kodak as we passed.

Rookie Mike Cherry, who has never taken a snap in a regular-season game, will back him up.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Did you take any snaps in Greece?

Nick closed the lid with a snap .

Patrick was showing his holiday snaps to everyone in the office.

She showed me a snapshot of her three children.

They're just snapshots, but some of them are really good.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Despite the cold snap , a white Christmas was an unlikely prospect for most people.

Elvis Grbac took the snap , tucked his body into a tight C and dropped it into the end zone.

Everyone is enormously excited and Kate and Paul keep the Polaroid snap of the Mango.

Kirov chose another snap which he had taken at a pavement cafe in Tbilisi, bringing his final selection to four.

Moreover, demand for heating oil did not meet expectations during the cold snaps over the last two months.

The all important hip-consciousness of Manchester wholeheartedly jerked to the harsh snap of the Linn Drum.

With the Jags, he cut the number down to 10 plays, to be run consecutively from the first snap .

III. adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

decision

I will not make a snap decision , Lieutenant.

I just made a snap decision that this was where I wanted to be.

If the failure occurs higher on the launch, again a snap decision can be fatal.

So his leave-taking is no snap decision .

election

Henry McLeish also promised to address the deep disaffection among Labour backbenchers exposed by his snap election last weekend.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Snap decisions are not always the best decisions.

Usually she did not make snap judgements about people.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Lean away as you do this to avoid getting hit in the face with a snap punch.

The cat stance is an ideal stance from which to execute a front snap kick.

The Hercules features a Windstopper lined snap neck, two zipped waist pockets and stylish embroidery on the back and front.

The jacket is in a smock style and has two zipped pockets and a snap neck closure.

Then snap punch off the front fist into the opponent's face.

Throw a fast snap punch at the opponent's face.

Warm frustration had turned cold rage, a snap freeze.

You make quick, almost snap , judgments.

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