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# snap

verb (snap, snaps, snapped, snapping); noun (a snap, snaps); adjective (a snap decision)

«snap» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To snap is to break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#m1)
2. To snap is to say something quickly and angrily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#m2)
3. When an animal snaps, it tries to bite quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#m3)
4. To snap your fingers is to make a clicking sound with them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#m4)
5. A snap is a photograph (informal, British). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#m5)
6. Snap is a card game where you shout "Snap!" when two cards match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#m6)

### In the lessons

In science, a stretched elastic band or a dry twig snaps when the force is too great. In feelings lessons, snapping at someone happens when you are tired or cross; it is better to take a breath. In safety, a dog that snaps is warning you to stay away. Phrases: snap in half, snap at someone, snap out of it, cold snap (sudden cold weather), in a snap (very quickly), a snap decision.

### Examples

- The pencil snapped in two. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x1)
- I'm sorry I snapped at you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x2)
- The dog snapped at the postman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x3)
- She snapped her fingers to the music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x4)
- Grandma showed us her holiday snaps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x5)
- Snap out of it and get back to work! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x6)
- We played Snap with a pack of cards. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x7)
- A cold snap froze the pond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x8)
- “Man!” he snapped. “A man’s cub. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/#x9)

### Note

Past form snapped, double p. In the USA, "it's a snap" means it is very easy. A dog that snaps is not being playful; give it space.

## In Jewish tradition

It means to break suddenly. Here the silver cord of life is broken.

**Interpretation.** Ecclesiastes uses it in its picture of old age and death. Tradition reads the cord, bowl, pitcher and wheel as parts of the body failing at the end of life.

### Examples

- Before the silver cord is snapped asunder, and the golden bowl is shattered, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel falleth shattered, into the pit; (Writings ECC.12.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snap/#x1)

### Note

Past form snapped, double p. In the USA, "it's a snap" means it is very easy. A dog that snaps is not being playful; give it space.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «snap» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snap/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«snap» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/snap.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «snap» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snap/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«snap» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/snap.html) on Mova free.