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    Snap, n. [Cf. D. snap a snatching. See Snap, v. t.]
    1. A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
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    2. A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.
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    3. A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.
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    4. A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.
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    5. A greedy fellow.
      L'Estrange.

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    6. That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
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      He's a nimble fellow,
      And alike skilled in every liberal science,
      As having certain snaps of all.
      B. Jonson.

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    7. A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.
      Lowell.

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    8. A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.
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    9. (Zool.) A snap beetle.
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    10. A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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    11. Briskness; vigor; energy; decision. [Colloq.]
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    12. Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. [Slang]
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    13. Any task, labor, set of circumstances, or the like, that yields satisfactory results or gives pleasure with little trouble or effort, as an easy course of study, a job where work is light, a bargain, etc. [Slang, Chiefly U. S.]
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    14. A snap shot with a firearm.
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    15. (Photog.) A snapshot.
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    16. Something of no value; as, not worth a snap. [Colloq.]
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    17. (Football) The action of snapping the ball back, from the center usu. to the quarterback, which commences the play (down), and, if the clock had stopped, restarts the timer clock; a snap back.
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      Snap back (Football), the act of snapping back the ball. -- Snap beetle, or Snap bug (Zool.), any beetle of the family Elateridae, which, when laid on its back, is able to leap to a considerable height by means of a thoracic spring; -- called also snapping beetle. -- Snap flask (Molding), a flask for small work, having its sides separable and held together by latches, so that the flask may be removed from around the sand mold. -- Snap judgment, a judgment formed on the instant without deliberation. -- Snap lock, a lock shutting with a catch or snap. -- Snap riveting, riveting in which the rivets have snapheads formed by a die or swaging tool. -- Snap shot, a quick offhand shot, without deliberately taking aim.
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