snap

Meaning

Synonyms

snap at

catch something in one’s mouth

be cut off

pounce on

snatch up

catch hold of

break by bending

child’s play

break in two

fall asunder

blow one’s top

go bust

rip open

snap off

snip off

take a photograph

bite at

be split

speak sharply

be cut

be broken off

break the neck

be cut asunder

say sternly

shout in rebuke

clacking sound

tear from

reply abruptly

reply irritably

speak abruptly

speak irritably

be severed

open and close

become broken

get angry

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/snæp/
Etymology

From Dutch snappen (“to bite; seize”) or Low German snappen (“to bite; seize”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *snappōn, from Proto-Germanic *snappōną (“to snap; snatch; chatter”), intensive form of *snapāną (”to snap; grab”, whence Old Norse snapa (“to get; scrounge”)), from Proto-Indo-European *snop-; compare Lithuanian snãpas (“beak, bill”). (One alternative hypothesis links the Germanic words to *snu-, an expressive root deriving words meaning “nose”, “snout”, “sniff” etc., but this is phonetically unsound.) In any case influenced by onomatopoeia; note expressions such as snip-snap, containing the formally unrelated snip. Cognate with West Frisian snappe (“to get; catch; snap”), German schnappen (“to grab”), Swedish snappa (“to snatch”). The verb is derived from the noun.

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