See snap in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To make a light, sharp noise:
clack, click. See soundsTo make a sudden sharp, explosive noise:
bang, bark, clap, crack, pop1. See soundsTo give way mentally and emotionally:
break (down), collapse, crack. (Informal) crack up, fold. See explosionTo grasp at (something) eagerly, forcibly, and abruptly with the jaws:
catch, nip1, snatch, strike. See reachTo speak abruptly and sharply:
bark, snarl1. Idioms: bite someone's head off, snap someone's head (or nose) off. See wordsTo move or cause to move with a sudden abrupt motion:
jerk, lurch, twitch, wrench, yank. See move, push
noun
A light, sharp noise:
clack, click. See soundsA sudden sharp, explosive noise:
bang, bark, clap, crack, explosion, pop1, rat-a-tat-tat, report. See soundsA sudden motion, such as a pull:
jerk, lurch, tug, twitch, wrench, yank. See move, push- (Informal)
A quality of active mental and physical forcefulness:
dash, punch, starch, verve, vigor, vigorousness, vim, vitality. Idiom: vim and vigor. See action, tired An easily accomplished task:
child's play, cinch, pushover, walkaway, walkover. (Informal) breeze. (Slang) duck soup. See easy
adjective
Spoken, performed, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought:
ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, improvised, offhand, spur-of-the-moment, unrehearsed. (Informal) off-the-cuff. See prepared- (Informal)
Posing no difficulty:
easy, effortless, facile, simple, smooth. Idioms: easy as ABC, easy as falling off a log, easy as one-two-three, easy as pie, like taking candy from a baby, nothing to it. See easy
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