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snapped
[ snapt ]
adjective
- broken suddenly and with a sharp cracking sound:
The snapped twig startled the animal, and it darted to safety.
- photographed, especially quickly or spontaneously:
A hastily snapped photo captured the moment.
- Digital Technology.
- (of a QR code or other source) scanned using a smartphone or other digital device in order to read the encoded text or URL and browse the hyperlinked web page:
The URL of the snapped QR code was only a blank page with no info, just a silly movie clip.
- being or relating to an icon or other displayed item moved instantly and automatically into alignment with a grid or into a predetermined position, as to a corner or edge of the screen:
A snapped app occupies a narrower region of the screen, freeing up the remaining screen area.
- uttered quickly and sharply, as a command, retort, rebuke, etc.:
"None of your business!" was the snapped reply.
- closed, opened, placed, thrown, applied, etc., with a sharp, quick sound or movement:
A snapped shot hit the goalie in the net and was knocked away.
The tip of a snapped whip would’ve hurt like a knife.
- Football. (of the ball) put into play by tossing it back to a member of the offensive backfield, especially from between the legs when bent over double:
A punter receives the snapped ball and punts it to the opposing team in a way that limits any field position advantage.
- (of the fingers) making a sudden sharp sound by being pressed against each other and then released sideways:
They arrogantly expect the rest of the world to jump to their snapped fingers.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of snap.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of snapped1
Example Sentences
Practically overnight, I had to adjust to how my new glasses slid down my nose and the way the elastics tethered to my braces snapped like rubber bands in a junk drawer.
The break seemed like a reasonable metaphor for our fractured times: The cable had snapped during an oceanic landslide precipitated by huge floods in the Congo River.
On Tuesday, Musk's political action committee added that it would pay $50 to anyone who snapped a picture of a Wisconsin resident standing outside a polling site and holding a photo of Schimel.
However, photos included in the lawsuit show snapped wooden poles from the electrical tower and power lines scattered on the ground.
They snapped into midfield challenges and passed bravely through the lines, far more than the static and retreating England midfields that came to define Southgate's biggest matches.
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