Snap
Snap · Snaps · Snapped · Snapping
To send a visual message through the Snapchat applicationTo send a visual message through the Snapchat application.
Recorded US: Speaker: Flame, not lame Recorder: Flame, not lame, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
US/snˈæp/
Examples
207 sentencesThe cable snapped.
Кабель обірвався. — Ahha
The dog snapped up the meat.
The bad-tempered man snapped at his daughter.
Meaning
1 senses(ditransitive)To send a visual message through the Snapchat application.
More definitions
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- move or strike with a noise
Forms
Snaps, Snapping, Snapped, SnappedTenses
Snap · Snapped · will Snap · have SnappedPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbs- snap backTo recover quickly.
- snap upsich schnappenapoderarse des'arracherkapmakcolloquialTo buy or acquire quickly, usually because the item is a bargain or in short supply or something one has been searching for.
- snap toTo suddenly give someone one's full attention.
- snap inUSTo practice aiming, adjusting and firing a rifle with no ammunition
Synonyms
12 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedsnapper
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.