Definition of snap

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Snap (v. t.) A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc..

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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..
Helmet :: Helmet (n.) The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon..
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..
Fillip :: Fillip (v. t.) To snap; to project quickly.
Whipster :: Whipster (n.) A nimble little fellow; a whippersnapper.
Snap :: Snap (v. i.) To miss fire; as, the gun snapped..
Crusty :: Crusty (a.) Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly..
Snapper :: Snapper (n.) A snap beetle.
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..
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle..
Snaphance :: Snaphance (n.) A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached..
Snap :: Snap (n.) To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle..
Snap :: Snap (v. i.) To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps..
Coyote :: Coyote (n.) A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also prairie wolf. Its voice is a snapping bark, followed by a prolonged, shrill howl..
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..
Snap :: Snap (v. i.) To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as, to snap at a child..
Fractious :: Fractious (a.) Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse..
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..
Crepitate :: Crepitate (v.) To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap..
Snapper :: Snapper (n.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper..
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