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

  • (..) ...or one of those long wooden sticks... ...like you are some sort of primitive oaf. But you have one of these, you just snap it open and you are ready to go. The case. The case, Clouseau. Yes, the case. The case is going quite well. I have prepared a list of suspects. And how many suspects (..)
    2006 The Pink Panther