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A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.

A sudden break.

An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.

The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.

A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.

(informal) A photograph; a snapshot.

The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.

A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.

A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; {{non-gloss|used primarily in the phrase cold snap.}}

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.

A snap bean such as (species).

(American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.

(colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.

(fishing) A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.

(regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.

A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.

(obsolete) A greedy fellow.

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.

Briskness; vigour; energy; decision.

(archaic) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. {{non-gloss|used primarily in the phrase soft snap.}}

(slang) Something that is easy or effortless.

A snapper, or snap beetle.

(humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop

A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.

(colloquial) Something of no value.

(social media) (Snap).

A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.

(colloquial) (t=user account on Snapchat)

(Software) (Linux) A package provided for the application sandboxing system ''{{w|snapd}}'' developed by (Canonical).

A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.

A tool used by riveters.

A tool used by glass-moulders.

(dated) A brief theatrical engagement.

(dated) A cheat or sharper.

A newsflash.

(slang) An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens. +

A subgenre of hip-hop music derived from crunk.

To fracture or break apart suddenly.

To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.

To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.

To attempt to seize with eagerness.

To speak abruptly or sharply.

To give way abruptly and loudly.

To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.

To flash or appear to flash as with light.

To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.

(graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.

To snatch with or as if with the teeth.

To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.

To say abruptly or sharply.

(dated) To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with ''up''.

To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.

To close something using a snap as a fastener.

[[File:Snapping fingers.ogv|thumb|A video of a person snapping their fingers.]][[File:Alt Finger Snap.ogv|thumb|Alternative snapping technique]] To 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.

To cause to move suddenly and smartly.

To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).

(ditransitive) (t=to send a visual message through the Snapchat application).

(American football) To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).

To misfire.

To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).

{{n-g|The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.}}

(by extension) "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"

(by extension) {{n-g|Used to express agreement.}}

(North America) {{n-g|Used in place of an expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.}}

(NZ) {{n-g|Used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time}}. +

(attributive) Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation.