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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Breaks  the  doors  open  snaps  the  locks.  --Prior. 
 
  2.  To  strike,  to  hit,  or  to  shut,  with  a  sharp  sound. 
 
  3.  To  bite  or  seize  suddenly,  especially  with  the  teeth. 
 
  He  by  playing  too  often  at  the  mouth  of  death,  has 
  been  snapped  by  it  at  last  --South. 
 
  4.  To  break  upon  suddenly  with  sharp,  angry  words  to  treat 
  snappishly;  --  usually  with  up  --Granville. 
 
  5.  To  crack;  to  cause  to  make  a  sharp,  cracking  noise;  as  to 
  snap  a  whip. 
 
  MacMorian  snapped  his  fingers  repeatedly.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  6.  To  project  with  a  snap. 
 
  {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 

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