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

  • (..) - You fucking kidding me? - No. You serious? Oh my God, baby, that's, fuck! Oh sweetheart thatjust fucking.. Fucking heart attack, boom, snap, gone. Shuffled off her mortal coil and twenty million dollars stock in a Swiss bank account. She was fine. - Oh God, baby oh God, that so fucking terrible. (..)
    2013 The Wolf of Wall Street