snap

Definition

  • verb: to break quickly with a short, sharp sound
  • verb: to make a sudden closing of the jaws
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: crack, scrap, briskness

Examples

  • The children 'snapped to attention' [=suddenly stopped moving around, talking, etc.] when the teacher clapped his hands.

  • They 'snapped' [='broke'] a 10-game losing streak. [=they won a game after losing 10 games]

  • I don't know how to get her to 'snap out of' her depression. [=to stop being depressed]

Movie quotes

  • (..) about it, you know... And it's breaking over here and it's breaking over there. Just vibrating. So you figure, maybe if you sit back, it'll snap in half. So you sit back. Now you have a line from the bowl to your bottom lip. The dentist looks at it and says, ''Oh, look, a rainbow!'' (..)
    1983 Bill Cosby: Himself