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

  • (..) DJANGO: Hey Snowball. You wanna know my name or the name of my horse, you ask me. – Just who the hell you callin' Snowball, house boy? I'll snap your black ass of that nag there in the mud- CANDIE: Whoa, whoa, whoa, Steven, Steven. Let's keep it funny. Django here is a Freeman. – This nigger here? (..)
    2012 Django Unchained