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snapping
(encz) | snapping,chňapání n: Zdeněk Brož |
snapping
(encz) | snapping,praskání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Snapping
(gcide) | Snap \Snap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snapping.] [LG. or D. snappen to snap up, to snatch; akin
to G. schnappen, MHG. snaben, Dan. snappe, and to D. snavel
beak, bill. Cf. Neb, Snaffle, n.]
1. To break at once; to break short, as substances that are
brittle.
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Breaks the doors open, snaps the locks. --Prior.
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2. To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
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3. To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.
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He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has
been snapped by it at last. --South.
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4. To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat
snappishly; -- usually with up. --Granville.
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5. To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to
snap a whip.
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MacMorian snapped his fingers repeatedly. --Sir W.
Scott.
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6. To project with a snap.
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7. (Cricket) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just
snicked a bowled ball).
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To snap back (Football), to roll the ball back with the
foot; -- done only by the center rush, who thus delivers
the ball to the quarter back on his own side when both
sides are ranged in line.
To snap off.
(a) To break suddenly.
(b) To bite off suddenly.
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Snapping
(gcide) | Snapping \Snap"ping\,
a. & n. from Snap, v.
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Snapping beetle. (Zool.) See Snap beetle, under Snap.
Snapping turtle. (Zool.)
(a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle ({Chelydra
serpentina}) common in the fresh waters of the United
States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey
by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle.
(b) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.
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Snapping
(gcide) | Snap \Snap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snapping.] [LG. or D. snappen to snap up, to snatch; akin
to G. schnappen, MHG. snaben, Dan. snappe, and to D. snavel
beak, bill. Cf. Neb, Snaffle, n.]
1. To break at once; to break short, as substances that are
brittle.
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Breaks the doors open, snaps the locks. --Prior.
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2. To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
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3. To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.
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He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has
been snapped by it at last. --South.
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4. To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat
snappishly; -- usually with up. --Granville.
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5. To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to
snap a whip.
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MacMorian snapped his fingers repeatedly. --Sir W.
Scott.
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6. To project with a snap.
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7. (Cricket) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just
snicked a bowled ball).
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To snap back (Football), to roll the ball back with the
foot; -- done only by the center rush, who thus delivers
the ball to the quarter back on his own side when both
sides are ranged in line.
To snap off.
(a) To break suddenly.
(b) To bite off suddenly.
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a. & n. from Snap, v.
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Snapping beetle. (Zool.) See Snap beetle, under Snap.
Snapping turtle. (Zool.)
(a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle ({Chelydra
serpentina}) common in the fresh waters of the United
States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey
by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle.
(b) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.
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Snapping beetle
(gcide) | Snapping \Snap"ping\,
a. & n. from Snap, v.
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Snapping beetle. (Zool.) See Snap beetle, under Snap.
Snapping turtle. (Zool.)
(a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle ({Chelydra
serpentina}) common in the fresh waters of the United
States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey
by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle.
(b) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.
[1913 Webster]Elater \El"a*ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? driver, fr. ? to drive.]
1. (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the
spores, as in some liverworts.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Any beetle of the family Elaterid[ae], having
the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden
upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation
between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also {click
beetle}, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related
insects for leaping. See Collembola.
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snapping beetle
(gcide) | Snapping \Snap"ping\,
a. & n. from Snap, v.
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Snapping beetle. (Zool.) See Snap beetle, under Snap.
Snapping turtle. (Zool.)
(a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle ({Chelydra
serpentina}) common in the fresh waters of the United
States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey
by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle.
(b) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.
[1913 Webster]Elater \El"a*ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? driver, fr. ? to drive.]
1. (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the
spores, as in some liverworts.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Any beetle of the family Elaterid[ae], having
the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden
upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation
between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also {click
beetle}, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related
insects for leaping. See Collembola.
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Snapping turtle
(gcide) | Snapping \Snap"ping\,
a. & n. from Snap, v.
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Snapping beetle. (Zool.) See Snap beetle, under Snap.
Snapping turtle. (Zool.)
(a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle ({Chelydra
serpentina}) common in the fresh waters of the United
States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey
by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle.
(b) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.
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alligator snapping turtle
(wn) | alligator snapping turtle
n 1: large species having three ridges on its back; found in
southeastern United States [syn: {alligator snapping
turtle}, alligator snapper, Macroclemys temmincki] |
common snapping turtle
(wn) | common snapping turtle
n 1: large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or
near water; prone to bite [syn: common snapping turtle,
snapper, Chelydra serpentina] |
snapping beetle
(wn) | snapping beetle
n 1: able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the
air with a clicking sound [syn: click beetle, skipjack,
snapping beetle] |
snapping shrimp
(wn) | snapping shrimp
n 1: small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their
enlarged chelae [syn: snapping shrimp, pistol shrimp] |
snapping turtle
(wn) | snapping turtle
n 1: large aggressive freshwater turtle with powerful jaws |
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