snap

Examples

• All

• Now the other question is can I eat snap peas as shelling peas?

  MIgardener

• For veggies I'm adding sugar snap peas and cut up Peppers.

• These are our favorite snap pea variety.

• ASR has almost 100 different host species, including dry and snap beans.

  Academic text (2006)

• I'm going to put a little bit more olive oil in it and we are going to start cooking our snap peas.

• But it's nice, these little snap peas, fresh, delicious, a little bit of bitterness, nice.

  The Try Guys

• Also at risk is the $190 million snap bean crop of Florida, Illinois, New York, Oregon, Wisconsin, and other states.

  Academic text (2003)

• Stewed apples, cornbread, biscuits, snap beans.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Half an acre of cleared land sprouted leaf lettuce, broccoli, arugula, radishes, cauliflower, carrots, and sugar snap peas.

  Fiction book (2001)

• I love to add snap peas to my stir-fry for a fresh crunch.

Synonyms

S

snap bean

vssnap

• US

1 2.7

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

has identical meaning but functions as an alternative name

Antonyms

S

string bean

• US

11 2.7

A long green bean with a tough string along its pod you remove before eating

Idioms

I

in a snap

• Informal

2 3.0

It happens very quickly with little effort

I

in the snap of someone's fingers

• Informal

1 5.0

Happens very quickly

S

to snap someone's head off

• Offensive

1 8.0

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

Compounds

C

cold snap

• UK

7 3.2

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

S

snap judgment

• Informal

6 4.8

A quick decision made without careful thought that may be unfair

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

2 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-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

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 ring

• Specialized

1 6.0

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

S

snap willow

• US

8.6

A large willow tree with stiff branches that break easily

S

snip-snap banter

• UK

9.0

A quick, funny talk where people tease each other playfully

S

snip-snap

• UK

9.1

Short lively talk where people answer each other quickly

Surface Forms

Etymology