snap
9
4.3
- noun
- /snæp/
- UK
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- The morning was lighting up, and she worried there would be one cruel cold snap left over from winter.
- a cold snap
Examples
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Well, Dr. Tomlinson, that cold snap must've given our feathered friends a start.
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The lake began to freeze during a cold snap the week before Christmas.
Fiction book (1993) -
Then, in late March, the first cold snap of winter hit.
Fiction book (1994) -
We had the ceremony at my parents' house but there was a cold snap and...
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There's a cold snap coming tonight.
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The three of us chatted about the sudden snap of cold weather.
Fiction book (1992) -
Cold snap for tonight with low temperatures dropping down to 19 below Fahrenheit.
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Unofficially, temperatures on the landlocked plateau drop much lower, and cold snaps often last for weeks.
Academic text (1991) -
There had been a slight thaw, and then a sudden cold snap, and icicles hung thick and glistening from the tree branches.
Fiction book (1998) -
A sudden cold snap surprised everyone during the mild winter.
Synonyms
6
3.2
A short sudden time of very cold weather that is colder than usual
1
3.5
A short period of unusually cold weather
Antonyms
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
How Cold
Surface Forms
Etymology
Snap for a short cold period comes from the idea of a sudden, sharp change, like a quick 'snap' of cold weather that arrives and then ends.