Snap definition

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.
The act of making a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and a opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm.
A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
A photograph (an abbreviation of snapshot)
The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
A thin circular cookie or similar good:

a ginger snap
Brisk, cold weather that passes quickly.

a cold snap
Something accomplished in a very short period of time. Related directly to a snap (q.v.)of the fingers.

It'll be a snap to get that finished.

I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap.
A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
The passing of a football from the center to a back that begins play, a hike.
Common name for a scrapbooking embellishment, more properly termed a rivet.
Yorkshire: food in general or a packed meal in particular.
A card game, primarily for children (see snap (game)), in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards.

To fracture or break apart suddenly.

He got socked with long penalty when he snapped his stick over the goalie's head.

We pick and snap the green beans and the wives can 'em.
To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.
To attempt to seize with eagerness.
To speak abruptly or sharply.

He snapped at me for the slightest mistake.
To give way abruptly and loudly.
To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.

She should take a break before she snaps.
To flash or appear to flash as with light.
To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
To say abruptly or sharply.
To cause something to emit a snapping sound, such as a fastener.
To close something using a snap as a fastener.
To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and aa opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm.
To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).

He snapped a picture of me with my mouth open and my eyes closed.
To pass the ball from the center to a back; to hike the ball.

He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him.

snap!

The winning cry at a game of snap.
Used in place of 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!"

"I am Kira." "Oh snap!"
Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.

"Wasn't that John?" "Wasn't that John?" "Snap!"