'Snapped' definitions:
Definition of 'Snapped'
From: GCIDE
- Snap \Snap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Snapping.] [LG. or D. snappen to snap up, to snatch; akin to G. schnappen, MHG. snaben, Dan. snappe, and to D. snavel beak, bill. Cf. Neb, Snaffle, n.]
- 1. To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle. [1913 Webster]
- Breaks the doors open, snaps the locks. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth. [1913 Webster]
- He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up. --Granville. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip. [1913 Webster]
- MacMorian snapped his fingers repeatedly. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To project with a snap. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Cricket) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- To snap back (Football), to roll the ball back with the foot; -- done only by the center rush, who thus delivers the ball to the quarter back on his own side when both sides are ranged in line.
- To snap off. (a) To break suddenly. (b) To bite off suddenly. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Snapped'
- Snap,
- Snapping,
- To snap off,
- snap at,
- snap off,
- snap out of it,
- snap up,
- Night snap,
- Snap back,
- Snap beetle,
- Snap bug,
- Snap flask,
- Snap judgment,
- Snap lock,
- Snap riveting,
- Snap shot,
- Snapping beetle,
- Snapping turtle,
- To snap back,
- cold snap,
- ginger snap,
- snap bean,
- snap brim,
- snap fastener,
- snap line,
- snap pea,
- snap ring,
- snap roll,
- snap willow,
- snapping shrimp,
- Snip-snap,
- alligator snapping turtle,
- common snapping turtle,
- sugar snap pea,
- snap-brim hat