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to snap

to snap

47 2.8
Take a quick informal photograph
  • verb
  • /snæp/
  • Informal
translation icon : sacar una foto
  • I see a celebrity misbehaving, I snap a photo.
  • snap a picture
  • snap a photo
  • snap the shutter

So let's go ahead and snap a real quick selfie here.

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Examples

  • You mind if I snap a couple pictures of you looking out the window?

  • So let's go ahead and snap a real quick selfie here.

  • So I snap a photo of myself.

  • Let me snap one for Instagram.

  • And you can snap your Instagram photos right here.

  • We get in, we take some photos, snap a few videos, get the intel, and we're out.

  • You drive an hour north, you snap a few pics with the ghost camera, and you put their mind at ease.

  • It is looking proper, so we're about to snap some pics.

  • Crammed in a Cessna, flying low over the savanna, Erickson and Stahl frantically snap photos.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Let me snap a quick photo of the sunset before it disappears.

Synonyms

to shoot
vsto snap
397 3.2

To take a photograph or film

is limited to quick spontaneous still image taking not broad capture
to photograph
vsto snap
202 2.1

To take a picture of a person, place, or thing with a camera

is quicker and more informal and often done spontaneously
to take a picture
vsto snap
166 1.4

To make a photo using a camera

is done quickly and informally rather than as a general action

Antonyms

1.0

To decide and arrange in advance how to do something

71 4.1

A particular way of standing or sitting for a picture

Idioms

in a snap
  • Informal
3 3.0

It happens very quickly with little effort

Happens very quickly

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

Phrasal Verbs

22 4.3

Bite quickly with a short, sharp movement of the mouth

14 3.7

Buy something quickly before other people do

9 3.5

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

to snap back
  • Informal
5 3.8

Get better quickly after a setback or illness

Compounds

snap judgment
  • Informal
7 4.8

A quick decision made without careful thought that may be unfair

6 3.2

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

3 3.3

A pea with crisp pods you eat whole

2 2.3

A small crisp round cookie with ginger and warm spices

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

1 2.7

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

1 8.8

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

1 8.2

A quick picture taken to show a happy moment

snap fastener
  • Specialized
1 3.4

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

snap line
  • Specialized
1 5.6

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

A hat with a brim you can turn up or down

snap roll
  • Specialized
1 9.0

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

1 9.1

Short lively talk where people answer each other quickly

8.6

A large willow tree with stiff branches that break easily

snap ring
  • Specialized
6.0

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

A quick, funny talk where people tease each other playfully

How Fast

to snap
  • Informal
47 2.8
to shoot
397 3.2

Surface Forms

snap infinitive
snapped past
snapped past participle
snapping present participle
snaps third person singular

Etymology

Snap for taking a photo comes from the idea of a quick, single action and the small click or 'snap' of a camera, so to snap a picture is to take it fast and simply.