Definition of snap

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Snap (v. i.) To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps..

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Wireworm :: Wireworm (n.) One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub..
Deflagrable :: Deflagrable (a.) Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt..
Currish :: Currish (a.) Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; brutal..
Deflagrate :: Deflagrate (v. i.) To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt..
Snapper :: Snapper (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle..
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
Snapper :: Snapper (n.) Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical America..
Snip-snap :: Snip-snap (n.) A tart dialogue with quick replies.
Grunt :: Grunt (n.) Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt (H. aurolineatus), of the Southern United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma. Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the noise it makes when taken..
Labiate :: Labiate (a.) Having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip..
Snapdragon :: Snapdragon (n.) A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon..
Snap :: Snap (n.) To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip..
Snapped :: Snapped (imp. & p. p.) of Sna.
Wit-snapper :: Wit-snapper (n.) One who affects repartee; a wit-cracker.
Snapping :: Snapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sna.
Snaggy :: Snaggy (a.) Snappish; cross; ill-tempered.
Elater :: Elater (n.) Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle..
Snape :: Snape (v. t.) To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
Rosefish :: Rosefish (n.) A large marine scorpaenoid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt..
Labiatifloral :: Labiatifloral (a.) Having labiate flowers, as the snapdragon..
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