snap
n 1: the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the
catch with his back to the plate" [syn: {catch}, {grab},
{snatch}]
2: any activity that is easy to do; "marketing this product
will be no picnic" [syn: {cinch}, {picnic}, {duck soup}, {child's
play}, {pushover}, {walkover}, {piece of cake}]
3: (football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between
the legs) to a back [syn: {centering}]
v 1: utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; `"No!," she
snapped'; "The guard snarled at us" [syn: {snarl}]
2: separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped";
"tear the paper" [syn: {tear}, {rupture}, {bust}]
3: break suddenly and abruptly; as of something under tension;
"The rope snapped" [syn: {crack}]
4: move or strike with a click; "then the brightness as he
clicked on the light." [syn: {click}]
5: snap close with a sound; "The lock snapped shut"
6: as of tightly stretched ropes or fingers [syn: {crack}]
7: move with a snapping sound; "bullets snapped past us"
8: to grasp hastily or eagerly; "Before I could stop him the
dog snatched the ham bone" [syn: {snatch}, {snatch up}]
9: put in play with a snap, of a football
10: cause to make a snapping sound; of fingers [syn: {click}, {flick}]
11: record on photographic film"I photographed the scene of the
accident" [syn: {photograph}, {shoot}]