snap
part of speech
verb (snap, snaps, snapped, snapping); noun (a snap, snaps); adjective (a snap decision)
meaning for a pupil
1) To snap is to break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound. tree →
2) To snap is to say something quickly and angrily. tree →
3) When an animal snaps, it tries to bite quickly. tree →
4) To snap your fingers is to make a clicking sound with them. tree →
5) A snap is a photograph (informal, British). tree →
6) Snap is a card game where you shout "Snap!" when two cards match. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, a stretched elastic band or a dry twig snaps when the force is too great. In feelings lessons, snapping at someone happens when you are tired or cross; it is better to take a breath. In safety, a dog that snaps is warning you to stay away. Phrases: snap in half, snap at someone, snap out of it, cold snap (sudden cold weather), in a snap (very quickly), a snap decision.
examples
- The pencil snapped in two. tree →
- I'm sorry I snapped at you. tree →
- The dog snapped at the postman. tree →
- She snapped her fingers to the music. tree →
- Grandma showed us her holiday snaps. tree →
- Snap out of it and get back to work! tree →
- We played Snap with a pack of cards. tree →
- A cold snap froze the pond. tree →
- “Man!” he snapped. “A man’s cub. tree →
note
Past form snapped, double p. In the USA, "it's a snap" means it is very easy. A dog that snaps is not being playful; give it space.
In the corpora
- The alligator snapping turtle lures fish with a pink worm-shaped flap on its tongue and then snaps its jaws shut.
- Snap a chicken bone from Sunday dinner and it is hollow, with thin struts inside like a bridge, light but strong.
- Snap the wishbone of the Sunday chicken and you hold the same two joined collarbones that T. rex and Velociraptor had.
- Trap-jaw ants snap their jaws so fast they can fling themselves into the air.
- An old Crab tells her daughter "never to lose your temper", and the daughter snaps "Hold your tongue, Ma!
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «snap» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.