snap
4
4.2
- noun
- /snæp/
- US
:
galleta de jengibre
- Afterward we're having lemonade and ginger snaps.
- ginger snap
Can somebody got that ginger snap, that sugar lizard?
- Can somebody got that ginger snap, that sugar lizard?
Examples
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They're ginger snaps!
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Jeff, don’t take the ginger snaps!
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As for the crushed ginger snap?
Academic text (2009) -
I baked you some ginger snaps.
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Oh, I remember you used to carry Oreos and Fig Newtons and ginger snaps...
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I walked in the back door of the house on Collar Hill and smelled pipe tobacco, ginger snaps, and baking potatoes.
Blog text (17) -
I baked you some ginger snaps for dessert.
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After dinner, we enjoyed ginger snaps with tea.
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She brought ginger snaps to share with the group at the picnic.
Synonyms
3
3.0
A crisp round cookie made with ginger and spices like cinnamon
2
2.3
A small crisp round cookie with ginger and warm spices
A small hard biscuit flavored with ginger often eaten with tea
Idioms
- Offensive
To speak to someone in a sudden angry way without good reason
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Snap for the cookie (as in gingersnap) comes from the crisp sound and quick break when you bite it, so the name reminds you that the cookie is crunchy.