to snap
167
2.3
- verb
- /snæp/
:
romperse
- But if you stretch too far and the rubber band snaps, that's not good, that's bad.
- cable snapped
And I saw snapped branches across the trail.
- And I saw snapped branches across the trail.
- My left foot snapped again, nothing, couldn't do it.
- We can be snapped like a twig, right?
- Remember Kobe when he snapped his his Achilles?
- He literally just snapped one of his toys in half.
- The dude was in like snapped the guy's neck so easily.
- The king of Highburn had snapped my father's neck.
Examples
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That thing snapped around and came right for me.
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Two legs of the easel snapped against the concrete, their splinters adding to the debris.
Academic text (2012) -
Sixty pounds of pressure anywhere on your arm and snap! Just like that.
Academic text (1999) -
And then I had one squash plant over here snap right off at the base.
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As he fell, his leg snapped so loudly that it was heard clearly by those near him.
Academic text (2014) -
The cold was so intense that a branch snapped with the sound of a gunshot.
Fiction book (1990) -
A mop lies on the floor, with its handle snapped off about halfway up.
Fiction book (1991) -
While playing outside, the child accidentally stepped on the twig and heard it snap under his weight.
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The strong wind caused the branches to snap along the park's pathway.
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When she pulled the rubber band too far, it suddenly snapped and hit her in the face.
Synonyms
553
4.0
To break something so it does not work
311
1.0
To break or form a narrow split in a surface
164
1.4
Break open suddenly because of pressure inside
149
1.0
To burst or make something burst with a sudden sound
95
6.8
To break open suddenly and violently
91
4.7
To break a hard object, for example a bone or rock
72
2.8
To break suddenly into many small pieces, like glass
34
5.8
To break something into pieces by hitting it hard
21
3.9
To break into many small, sharp pieces like wood or glass
9
3.5
To break a piece from something with a quick, sharp movement
5
4.7
To damage something very badly so it breaks into pieces
2
3.5
To come off a larger thing, often because of force or damage
Happening with a sudden loud crash
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
To speak to someone in a sudden angry way without good reason
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.4
A small thing on clothes or bags that joins two pieces by pressing two round parts together
- Specialized
1
5.6
A string with chalk on it that you stretch and snap to mark a straight line
- Specialized
1
9.0
A very quick, complete rotation of a plane around its nose-to-tail line while flying straight
How Broken
Surface Forms
Etymology
Snap began as a sound word that imitated the crack when something breaks, which is why to snap can mean to break suddenly with a sharp noise.