to snap

Examples

• All

• The ball is snapped, and the QB fumbles.

  Oblivion (2013)

• Tell him to snap it up.

  Fletch Lives (1989)

• All right, snap it up.

  White Heat (1949)

• Okay, you snap it to Brian.

  Whatever It Takes (2000)

• All you can do is take a delay of game or snap the ball.

  Blog text (4)

• They need to snap the ball.

  The Senior (2025)

• Then, once the ball is snapped, see what those defenders do.

  Blog text (29)

• Once the referee blows the whistle, the center must snap the ball to start the play.

• The quarterback signaled for the center to snap the ball and launch the offensive move.

• As soon as the players lined up, the center was ready to snap the ball to begin the next down.

Idioms

I

in a snap

• Informal

3 3.0

It happens very quickly with little effort

I

in the snap of someone's fingers

• Informal

5.0

Happens very quickly

S

to snap someone's head off

• Offensive

8.0

To speak to someone in a sudden angry way without good reason

Phrasal Verbs

S

to snap at

22 4.3

Bite quickly with a short, sharp movement of the mouth

S

to snap up

14 3.7

Buy something quickly before other people do

S

to snap off

9 3.5

To break a piece from something with a quick, sharp movement

S

to snap back

• Informal

5 3.8

Get better quickly after a setback or illness

Compounds

S

snap judgment

• Informal

7 4.8

A quick decision made without careful thought that may be unfair

C

cold snap

• UK

6 3.2

A short sudden time of very cold weather that is colder than usual

S

snap pea

3 3.3

A pea with crisp pods you eat whole

G

ginger snap

2 2.3

A small crisp round cookie with ginger and warm spices

S

sugar snap pea

1 2.5

A sweet pea with a crisp round pod that you can eat whole, raw or cooked

S

snap bean

• US

1 2.7

A tender green bean you eat young that breaks easily and has no strings

S

snap brim

1 8.8

The edge of a hat that can be turned up on one side and down on the other

H

happy snap

• UK

1 8.2

A quick picture taken to show a happy moment

S

snap fastener

• Specialized

1 3.4

A small thing on clothes or bags that joins two pieces by pressing two round parts together

S

snap line

• Specialized

1 5.6

A string with chalk on it that you stretch and snap to mark a straight line

S

snap-brim hat

1 7.3

A hat with a brim you can turn up or down

S

snap roll

• Specialized

1 9.0

A very quick, complete rotation of a plane around its nose-to-tail line while flying straight

S

snip-snap

• UK

1 9.1

Short lively talk where people answer each other quickly

S

snap willow

• US

8.6

A large willow tree with stiff branches that break easily

S

snap ring

• Specialized

6.0

A metal loop with a spring clip for quickly attaching rope or gear

S

snip-snap banter

• UK

9.0

A quick, funny talk where people tease each other playfully

Surface Forms

Etymology