Definition: (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
Usage: the quarterback fumbled the snap
Main entry: grab, catch, snatch, snap
Definition: the act of catching an object with the hands
Usage: Mays made the catch with his back to the plate; he made a grab for the ball before it landed; Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away; the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion
Main entry: snap
Definition: the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
Usage: he gave his fingers a snap
Main entry: snap, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, child's play, cinch, breeze, duck soup, walkover
Definition: any undertaking that is easy to do
Usage: marketing this product will be no picnic
Main entry: snap, snap fastener, press stud
Definition: a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
Usage: children can manage snaps better than buttons
Main entry: snap, snapshot, shot
Definition: an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
Usage: my snapshots haven't been developed yet; he tried to get unposed shots of his friends
Main entry: snap, elasticity
Definition: the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
Usage: the waistband had lost its snap
Main entry: snap
Definition: a sudden breaking
Main entry: crack, cracking, snap
Definition: a sudden sharp noise
Usage: the crack of a whip; he heard the cracking of the ice; he can hear the snap of a twig
Main entry: snap
Definition: the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
Usage: servants appeared at the snap of his fingers
Main entry: snap, ginger nut, ginger snap, gingersnap
Definition: a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
Definition: tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
Main entry: snap
Definition: a spell of cold weather
Usage: a cold snap in the middle of May
Definition: break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
Usage: The pipe snapped
Main entry: snap
Definition: close with a snapping motion
Usage: The lock snapped shut
Definition: utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
Usage: The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer; The guard snarled at us
Main entry: shoot, snap, photograph
Definition: record on photographic film
Usage: I photographed the scene of the accident; She snapped a picture of the President
Main entry: flick, click, snap
Definition: cause to make a snapping sound
Usage: snap your fingers
Main entry: snap
Definition: put in play with a snap
Usage: snap a football
Main entry: snatch, snatch up, snap
Definition: to grasp hastily or eagerly
Usage: Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone
Main entry: snap
Definition: bring the jaws together
Usage: he snapped indignantly
Main entry: tear, rupture, snap, bust
Definition: separate or cause to separate abruptly
Usage: The rope snapped; tear the paper
Main entry: break down, snap, lose it
Definition: lose control of one's emotions
Usage: When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely; When her baby died, she snapped
Definition: move or strike with a noise
Usage: he clicked on the light; his arm was snapped forward
Main entry: snap
Definition: move with a snapping sound
Usage: bullets snapped past us
Definition: make a sharp sound
Usage: his fingers snapped