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Definition of 'Snapping'

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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]

From: GCIDE

Snapping \Snap"ping\, a. & n. from Snap, v. [1913 Webster]
Snapping beetle. (Zool.) See Snap beetle, under Snap.
Snapping turtle. (Zool.) (a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle ({Chelydra serpentina}) common in the fresh waters of the United States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle. (b) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator. [1913 Webster]