snap
The cry used in a game of snap when winning a handThe cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
5 senses(Australia, UK, broadly)"I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
Snap! We've both got pink buckets and spades.
(Canada, US)Used in place of an expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
I just ran over your phone with my car. —Oh, snap!
(Australia, New Zealand, UK)Used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
—Wasn't that John? —Wasn't that John? —Snap!
More meanings 2
The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
(UK, broadly)Used to express agreement.
Origin
From Dutch snappen (“to bite; seize”) or Low German snappen (“to bite; seize”), ultimatelyFrom 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.
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