The cops snapped the handcuffs back onto the prisoner.High winds snapped power lines in the city, leaving more than 9000 people without power.Sliding them on to the desk, she snapped open her briefcase and took out her calculator.The tip of the Christmas tree snapped off when it fell.One hundred feet up it snapped into full canopy.Power lines snapped in the high winds.As soon as the ball was snapped, I took off after them.He accidentally snapped his putter in half during one tournament.The nurse snapped her fingers, and they sprang into motion.Leroy finally snapped and attacked his tormentors.The Rockets finally snapped a seven-game losing streak by defeating Portland.Mel snapped a picture with his pocket camera.Cheaper versions are made of metal that could rust and snap.Charlotte's patience suddenly snapped.Her twig-thin legs seemed fit to snap.As the pounding got louder and louder, suddenly Christine snapped.When he hit me across the face, I just snapped."Can't you see I'm eating?" Mattie snapped.10 → snap to attention → snap-on → snap on/off → snap out of something → snap somebody/something ↔ up → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus snap 7 → snap your fingers 8 → snap to it 9 stop American English to end a series of events – used especially in newspapers The Rockets snapped a seven-game losing streak by beating Portland. 6 photograph informal TCP PICTURE to take a photograph Dave snapped a picture of me and Sonia. 5 animal BITE if an animal such as a dog snaps, it tries to bite you snap at The dog started snapping at my heels. Something inside him snapped, and he hit her. 4 become angry/anxious etc CONTROL# to suddenly stop being able to control your anger, anxiety, or other feelings in a difficult situation The stress began to get to her, and one morning she just snapped. snap at He snapped at Walter for no reason. 3 say something angrily ANGRY to say something quickly in an angry way ‘What do you want?’ Mike snapped. snap (something) open/shut She snapped her briefcase shut. The policeman snapped the handcuffs around her wrist. ► see thesaurus at break 2 move into position XX to move into a particular position suddenly, making a short sharp noise, or to make something move like this snap together/back etc The pieces just snap together like this. snap (something) in two/in half (=break into two pieces ) The teacher snapped the chalk in two and gave me a piece. snap (something) off (something) I snapped the ends off the beans and dropped them into a bowl. The wind snapped branches and power lines. W3 verb ( snapped, snapping ) 1 break BREAK to break with a sudden sharp noise, or to make something do this A twig snapped under my feet.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Photography ldoce_308_a snap snap 1 / snæp /
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