Betekenis van snap In het Nederlands

• 0 to cause something that is thin to break suddenly and quickly with a cracking sound:

  • You'll snap that ruler if you bend it too far.

  • Some vandal's snapped off my car aerial again.

  • When she asked me to postpone my trip to help her move to her new house, I just snapped (= got angry).

• 1 to move into a position quickly, producing a short noise as if breaking:

  • Tendons store elastic energy by stretching and then snapping back into shape like rubber bands.

  • Simply snap the pieces into place.

  • After substantial losses last year, the company has snapped back to profitability (= started making profits again).

  • She snapped her book shut and got up to leave.

  • Her mouth snapped shut when she realized he'd heard everything she'd said about him.

• 2 If an animal snaps, it tries to bite someone:

  • The guard dog was snarling and snapping behind the fence.

• 3 to say something suddenly in an angry way:

  • There's no need to snap at me - it's not my fault that you lost your wallet.

  • [ + speech ] "Well, I hate you too!" she snapped.

• 4 to take a lot of photographs quickly:

  • He was arrested for snapping photos of a military parade.

  • She's very pleased with her new camera and was snapping away the whole time we were abroad.

• 5 to fasten using two small pieces of metal or plastic, one of which is pushed into the other:

  • He snapped up his jacket.

• 6 a sudden loud sound like something breaking or closing:

  • She broke the stick over her knee with a loud snap.

• 7 an informal photograph that is not very skilful or artistic:

  • holiday snaps

  • Did you take many snaps while you were away?

• 8 a card game in which the players compete to call out the word "snap" when they see two cards that have the same value:

  • a game of snap

• 9 something that can be done without any difficulty:

  • "Will you finish on time?" "Sure thing. It's a snap."

  • Talking to girls is a snap for him.

• 10 in American football, the act of passing the ball backward to start play

• 11 done suddenly without allowing time for careful thought or preparation:

  • He always makes snap decisions and never thinks about their consequences.

• 12 "Snap!" is what you say in the game of snap when two cards of the same value have been played.

  • Snap! We're wearing the same shirts!

• 13 to break something quickly with a cracking sound:

  • [ I ] High winds caused some power lines to snap, and we lost our electricity.

  • [ I ] His lawyer said he just snapped.

• 14 to move (something) or change into a new position quickly:

  • [ M ] The sudden stop of the car snapped his head back.

• 15 to make a quick, cracking sound by suddenly bringing together the two parts of something:

  • [ T ] She snapped her briefcase shut and marched out of the room.

• 16 to speak or say something suddenly in anger:

  • [ I ] Don’t snap at your brother like that.

• 17 to use a camera to take a photograph without spending a lot of time doing it:

  • Washington is full of tourists snapping pictures of each other.

• 18 something that can be done without any difficulty:

  • Thinking that the exam would be a snap, she didn’t bother to study for it.

• 19 a small clothes fastener with two round parts, one of which is pushed into the other:

  • The shirt fastens with snaps.

• 20 the act of breaking something stiff, or the cracking sound made when it breaks:

  • The plastic handle broke with a loud snap.

• 21 done suddenly without allowing time for careful thought or preparation:

  • Don’t make a snap decision – take some time to think it over.

• 22 to end a particular pattern of activity:

  • July snapped a string of monthly gains.

  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 40.47 to 4383.87, snapping a two-session losing streak.