snap someone's head off
To suddenly and sharply rebuke or insult a person, especially in response to a…To suddenly and sharply rebuke or insult a person, especially in response to a harmless remark.
» An alligator snapped his arm off.
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1 senses(idiomatic)To suddenly and sharply rebuke or insult a person, especially in response to a harmless remark.
Examples
9 sentencesAn alligator snapped his arm off.
The mug's handle snapped right off.
ruРучка кружки начисто отломалась. — Ooneykcall
A shark snapped the man's leg off.
ruАкула откусила этому мужчине ногу. — Keiden
deEin Hai biss dem Mann das Bein ab. — samueldora
He snapped a branch off the tree.
ruОн отломил ветку с дерева. — Wezel
deEr schlug einen Ast vom Baum ab. — UliDolbarge
My dog chased a lizard and snapped its tail off.
ruМоя собака погналась за ящерицей и оторвала ей хвост. — Selena777
Forms
snaps someone's head off, snapping someone's head off, snapped someone's head off, snapped someone's head off| Base form | snap someone's head off · to snap someone's head off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | snaps someone's head off |
| Present participle | snapping someone's head off |
| Past simple | snapped someone's head off |
| Past participle | snapped someone's head off |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | snap someone's head off |
| he, she, it | snaps someone's head off |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | snapped someone's head off |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have snapped someone's head off |
| he, she, it | has snapped someone's head off |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will snap someone's head off |
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
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.