7 → snap your fingers 8 → snap to it 9 stop American English to end a series of events – used especially in newspapers The Rockets snapped a seven-game losing streak by beating Portland. 6 photograph informal TCP PICTURE to take a photograph Dave snapped a picture of me and Sonia. 5 animal BITE if an animal such as a dog snaps, it tries to bite you snap at The dog started snapping at my heels. Something inside him snapped, and he hit her. 4 become angry/anxious etc CONTROL# to suddenly stop being able to control your anger, anxiety, or other feelings in a difficult situation The stress began to get to her, and one morning she just snapped. snap at He snapped at Walter for no reason. 3 say something angrily ANGRY to say something quickly in an angry way ‘What do you want?’ Mike snapped. snap (something) open/shut She snapped her briefcase shut. The policeman snapped the handcuffs around her wrist. ► see thesaurus at break 2 move into position XX to move into a particular position suddenly, making a short sharp noise, or to make something move like this snap together/back etc The pieces just snap together like this. snap (something) in two/in half (=break into two pieces ) The teacher snapped the chalk in two and gave me a piece. snap (something) off (something) I snapped the ends off the beans and dropped them into a bowl. The wind snapped branches and power lines. W3 verb ( snapped, snapping ) 1 break BREAK to break with a sudden sharp noise, or to make something do this A twig snapped under my feet.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Photography ldoce_308_a snap snap 1 / snæp /
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