snap - English dictionary definition

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1. Snap  To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
2. Snap  To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
3. Snap  To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.
4. Snap  To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up.
5. Snap  To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip.
6. Snap  To project with a snap.
7. Snap  To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps.
8. Snap  To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.
9. Snap  To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.
10. Snap  To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as, to snap at a child.