snap

About 4.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
2. noun A sudden break.
3. noun An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
4. noun The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
5. noun A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
6. noun A photograph; a snapshot.

   We took a few snaps of the old church before moving on.

7. noun The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
8. noun A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.

   a ginger snap

Similar words

flick crack click rupture snarl tear snatch grab catch walkover

Often followed by

of to the and at out ring back beans

Word family

snapped snapping snaps