snap

(intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.

(intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.

(intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.

(intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.

(intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.

(intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.

(intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.

(intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.

(intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.

(intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.

(transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.

(transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.

(transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.

(transitive, dated) To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.

(transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.

(transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.

(transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.

(transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.

(transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).

(social media, transitive) To send a visual message through the Snapchat application.

(transitive, American football) To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).

To misfire.

(cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).