English Dictionary

snap

/snæp/

noun

A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound. / A sudden break. / An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.

I heard a loud snap.

意味（1）

A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.

意味（2）

A sudden break.

意味（3）

An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.

意味（4）

The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.

意味（5）

A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.

意味（6）

(informal) A photograph; a snapshot.

We took a few snaps of the old church before moving on.

意味（7）

The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.

意味（8）

A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.

a ginger snap

意味（9）

A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.

意味（10）

A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.

It'll be a snap to get that finished.

意味（11）

A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.

意味（12）

(American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.

According to Pro Football Focus, Simmons, listed at 6-foot-4 and 238 pounds, played at least 100 snaps at five positions — slot cornerback, edge rusher, linebacker and both safety spots — and finished with 16½ tackles for a loss, eight sacks, eight pass deflections and three interceptions.

意味（13）

(colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.

意味（14）

(fishing) A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.

意味（15）

(UK, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.

When I went to put my coat on at snap time, what should go runnin' up my arm but a mouse.

意味（16）

(uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.

意味（17）

(obsolete) A greedy fellow.

up rises a Cunning Snap, then at the Board, who desir'd to be Inform'd

意味（18）

That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.

He's a nimble fellow, / And alike skill'd in every liberal science, / As having certain snaps of all.

意味（19）

briskness; vigour; energy; decision

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(slang, archaic) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.

A Sea Soldier is certaine of victuals and wages, where the Land Soldiers pay will hardly find him sustenance. A Sea Soldier may now and than chaunce to haue a snapp at a bootie or a price, which may in an instant make him a fortune […]

意味（21）

(slang) Something that is easy or effortless.

The job was a snap. I travelled the country averaging a thousand miles a week and, since the previous incumbent had been a lazy bugger, managed to treble the business. It was a cinch.

意味（22）

A snapper, or snap beetle.

意味（23）

(physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop

意味（24）

A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.

意味（25）

(colloquial) Something of no value.

not worth a snap

意味（26）

(social media) A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.

By April 2014, over 700 million snaps are shared per day on Snapchat — more than Facebook, WhatsApp, and other social networks.

意味（27）

(Linux) A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.

意味（28）

(uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.

意味（29）

A tool used by riveters.

意味（30）

A tool used by glass-moulders.

意味（31）

(slang, dated) A brief theatrical engagement.

意味（32）

(slang, dated) A cheat or sharper.

意味（33）

A newsflash.

A 'snap' usually becomes a 'newsflash' on air. Keep snaps short, only run them when news is really 'hot', and try not to break a story within a few minutes of the bulletin unless it is top priority.