snap

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It could be boring and I have felt the strong need to snap out of it.

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Quick take

the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of snap gathered in one view.

noun

a spell of cold weather; "a cold snap in the middle of May"

noun

tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for snap.

noun

a spell of cold weather; "a cold snap in the middle of May"

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tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

noun

a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger

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the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; "servants appeared at the snap of his fingers"

noun

a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"

noun

a sudden breaking

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the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed; "the waistband had lost its snap"

noun

an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends"

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a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound; "children can manage snaps better than buttons"

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any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic"

See also: cinch, breeze, picnic, pushover, walkover

noun

the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; "he gave his fingers a snap"

noun

(American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back; "the quarterback fumbled the snap"

verb

utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us"

verb

separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"

verb

break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped"

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move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward"

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close with a snapping motion; "The lock snapped shut"

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make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped"

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move with a snapping sound; "bullets snapped past us"

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to grasp hastily or eagerly; "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone"

verb

put in play with a snap; "snap a football"

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cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers"

verb

lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped"

verb

bring the jaws together; "he snapped indignantly"

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record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"

Example sentences

It could be boring and I have felt the strong need to snap out of it.

You "snap out of it" - There's de-escalation, and some relief.

So, the potential for erroneous snap judgments in such a Court seems high.

One piece is missing: a much more robust card reader that doesn't swivel or threaten to snap in two after a day of swiping.

While I don't disagree with this statement:There are people who think that depression means 'feeling low', and that if you try hard enough, you can 'snap out of it'.

That may seem impatient, a snap judgment, arbitrary and irrational.

But when this happens to you every single day--and in her case, multiple times a day!--sometimes you can't take it anymore and you just snap.

If you select a multitasking, object oriented language that supports multiple inheritance and has a built-in GUI, writing the program will be a snap.

Linus is really smart, but sometimes he makes a snap decision and then will perform whatever mental gymnastics are necessary to defend it to the death.

This simplistic 'snap out of it' ideology belies and belittles the very real issues of fear, discouragement and depression that underly much of what people berate themselves over as 'laziness'.

In response all loan requirements and interest rates rise for everybodySecondly, it fucks up the negotiations, because would-be buyers can infer something when the creditor doesn't snap up their own debt:1.

The students just saw it as another experiment, but as some of you have already realized ... unbeknownst to them, the students\n had created tear gas!\n\nTo add insult to injury, he had brought a camera to snap photos of everyone’s faces.

Furthermore, the above PasteBin alleges the forking innuendo was pure fabrication in an attempt to paint Adria as a liar; the full story right from the source is found here[3].The narrative being pushed is the same old feminism-has-gone-too-far crap where we live in a world in which men are terrorized by women who have the power to destroy lives with the snap of their fingers.