snap

CEFRB2

/snæp/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To break suddenly; a quick photograph.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    A sudden break.

Examples

  • A home is a once-in-a-lifetime purchase so you don't want to make any snap decisions.

  • The rubber band broke with a vicious snap.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

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

noun

Extra meanings

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

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

More examples

In context

  • It'll be a snap to get that finished.

  • We took a few snaps of the old church before moving on.

  • a ginger snap

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Origin

verb

From Dutch snappen (“to bite; seize”) or Low German snappen (“to bite; seize”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *snappōn, from Proto-Germanic *snappōną (“to snap; snatch; chatter”), intensive form of *snapāną (”to snap; grab”, whence Old Norse snapa (“to get; scrounge”)), from Proto-Indo-European *snop-; compare Lithuanian snãpas (“beak, bill”). (One alternative hypothesis links the Germanic words to *snu-, an expressive root deriving words meaning “nose”, “snout”, “sniff” etc., but this is phonetically unsound.) In any case influenced by onomatopoeia; note expressions such as snip-snap, containing the formally unrelated snip. Cognate with West Frisian snappe (“to get; catch; snap”), Ge...