snapping

Plural: snappings

Verb

Verb Forms: snapped, snapping, snaps

• Breaking suddenly; speaking abruptly; taking a quick photograph.
• utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
• separate or cause to separate abruptly
• break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
• move or strike with a noise
• close with a snapping motion
• make a sharp sound
• move with a snapping sound
• to grasp hastily or eagerly
• put in play with a snap
• cause to make a snapping sound
• lose control of one's emotions
• bring the jaws together
• record on photographic film
• present participle and gerund of snap

Noun

• The sound or action of a snap.
• The act of snapping at, or speaking sharply to, somebody.

Examples

• The sound of the tiles SNAPPING into place echoed the tension of the Words With Friends match.

Synonyms

break down, bust, click, crack, flick, lose it, photograph, rupture, shoot, snap, snarl, snatch, snatch up, tear

Anagrams of snapping