A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.

A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.

• It'll be a snap to get that finished.
• I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap.

A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.

American-footballball-gamesfootballA backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.

• According to Pro Football Focus, Simmons, listed at 6-foot-4 and 238 pounds, played at least 100 snaps at five positions — slot cornerback, edge rusher, linebacker and both safety spots — and finished with 16½ tackles for a loss, eight sacks, eight pass deflections and three interceptions.

A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.

fishinghobbieslifestyleA small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.

regionalA small meal, a snack; lunch.

• When I went to put my coat on at snap time, what should go runnin' up my arm but a mouse.

A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.

obsoleteA greedy fellow.

• up rises a Cunning Snap, then at the Board, who desir'd to be Inform'd

That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.

• He's a nimble fellow, / And alike skill'd in every liberal science, / As having certain snaps of all.

Briskness; vigour; energy; decision.

archaicslangAny circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.

• A Sea Soldier is certaine of victuals and wages, where the Land Soldiers pay will hardly find him sustenance. A Sea Soldier may now and than chaunce to haue a snapp at a bootie or a price, which may in an instant make him a fortune […]
• The Profs they lead a jolly life, jolly life, / They're free from every care and strife, care and strife. / They make the studes, poor studes fall into line; / I wish the Profs' soft snap were mine.

slangSomething that is easy or effortless.

• I’m afraid my course is regarded as a ‘snap.’ Everybody, it seems, can grasp English literature (and produce it).
• The job was a snap. I travelled the country averaging a thousand miles a week and, since the previous incumbent had been a lazy bugger, managed to treble the business. It was a cinch.

A snapper, or snap beetle.

natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsjounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop

A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.

Something of no value.

• not worth a snap

Alternative letter-case form of Snap.

• By April 2014, over 700 million snaps are shared per day on Snapchat — more than Facebook, WhatsApp, and other social networks.
• The oldest snaps will be deleted after 24 hours, and to keep the story going you'll have to add new content regularly.

LinuxcomputingengineeringA package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.

A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.

A tool used by riveters.

A tool used by glass-moulders.

datedslangA brief theatrical engagement.

datedslangA cheat or sharper.

A newsflash.

• A 'snap' usually becomes a 'newsflash' on air. Keep snaps short, only run them when news is really 'hot', and try not to break a story within a few minutes of the bulletin unless it is top priority.

slangAn insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.

• […] black communities, this “snap” or example of the “dozens” (the clever form of insult also known as signifying and dissin') appears: “Your father's so black that when he falls down, people hop over him for fear of falling in.”
• The subcategory of snaps or rankouts often follows the formula of “Your mother's like——; she——,” or “Your mother's so——, she——.” Examples are “Your mother's like a door-knob; everyone gets a turn” and “Your mother's so low, she could play handball on the curb.”

A subgenre of hip-hop music derived from crunk.

• Snap is another music style that came out of Atlanta. Snap is an early- to mid-2000s hip hop style derived from crunk.

To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.

computingengineeringgraphical-user-interfaceTo jump to a fixed position relative to another element.

• The floating toolbar will snap to the edge of the screen when dragged towards it.

To snatch with or as if with the teeth.

• He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last.

To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.

To say abruptly or sharply.

• “No, please, stop with this nonsense,” snapped Julian Nagelsmann. Germany had just lost 2-1 to Ecuador in their final group game and the television interviewer was suggesting that with Germany already qualified, perhaps the Ecuadoreans had simply wanted it more.

datedTo speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.

• A surly, ill-bred Lord, That chides, and snaps her up at ev'ry Word

To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.

• to snap a fastener
• to snap a whip

To close something using a snap as a fastener.

To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.

• MacMorian[…] snapped his fingers repeatedly.

To cause to move suddenly and smartly.

To move or shift suddenly.

• The soldiers snapped to attention as the colonel entered the room.
• Veiksaar's half-baked .aic was running the camera feeds, and traced the path of destruction beginning in the workroom with brutal efficiency. The views snapped from scene to scene on five second intervals, and it was like watching an interpolation of every snuff film ever made.

To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).

• He snapped a picture of me with my mouth open and my eyes closed.
• I arrive at the station in time to snap a few pictures and observe my fellow passengers.

American-footballball-gamesfootballTo put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).

• He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him.

To misfire.

• The gun snapped.

ball-gamescricketgamesTo catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).