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snapping

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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.

7. (Cricket) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just
snicked a bowled ball).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{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.

Snapping \Snap"ping\,
a. & n. from {Snap}, v.

{Snapping beetle}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Snap beetle}, under
{Snap}.

{Snapping turtle}. (Zo["o]l.)
(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}.

Canadian officials say they've resumed accepting the planes, but only after they're modified to prevent the compressor blades from snapping and causing fires.
Galeries guests were snapping up everything from cat-shaped porcelain teapots to wicker baskets, rugs and satin evening bags, priced very reasonably by Paris standards.
Gold and silver futures ended higher on the week after snapping a two-day losing streak that analysts attributed largely to the absence of buyers from Japan and other Far Eastern markets.
Dank-dwelling snapping turtles have been pulled out from sewage treatment plants.
"It's like Wall Street, it's like an operating room," Jarvis says. "Everybody knows it's stressful, but they're not snapping at each other.
But despite the higher yields, investors aren't snapping up AMT bonds.
The EEC's glass-paneled Berlaymont building, rising above the snapping colors of 12 separate states and their common standard of stars on blue, symbolizes the grand dream.
Mr. Lehmann says he has been snapping up additional DWG shares this week.
Individual investors were active in the over-the-counter market yesterday, snapping up the types of little issues they favor when they are most bullish about OTC stocks.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 38.29 points to 2,602.48, snapping a string of five straight declines.
With the acquisition of the Loews theater chain, Tri-Star joins the ranks of much bigger studios such as MCA's Universal and Gulf & Western's Paramount Pictures, which are snapping up theaters to get control of their own distribution.
The day after last October's crash, fund manager Richard Strong moved into the markets, snapping up stocks and bonds he viewed as cheap.
She also was snapping up California Biotechnology Inc., a company whose shares she was selling only a few weeks earlier.
"I think several people began snapping to this person who was not who he said he was.
They have been making quick profits by snapping up big blocks of New York bonds at each sale, then unloading them several weeks later at a big profit.
Mr. Davis bristles at analyst's criticisms that he hasn't moved quickly enough, snapping, "we're not going to march to the interests of short-term traders."
In downtown Berlin, shoppers from eastern Germany and Eastern Europe are snapping up everything in sight.
There also is a guard tower with warriors brandishing crossbows above a moat full of snapping turtles.
Corporations have lately been snapping up speech writers, even while firing other public-relations employees.
Animal rights groups, at least one country singer and a former Beatle have been snapping at meat eaters lately.
For the big brewers, the Beer Orders are a handy excuse for not snapping up their smaller rivals.
Stocks ended mixed, snapping a six-day rally.
Soldiers are snapping up everything from leather coats to used BMWs.
Until Friday Mr. Edelman and Dominion had kept mum on whether they had, indeed, been snapping up Burlington stock.
They tensed at the slightest movement, snapping to each time someone emerged from the embassy.
Reports said Icahn was snapping up the sagging notes as a long-term investment.
But some New Jersey commuters are snapping up the chance to inject some excitement into the daily round.
Sun-hungry Britons are snapping up package holidays to Florida in record numbers, travel agents say.
Tourists unable to find space on flights were snapping up tickets at bus stations and hiring taxis to take them to other cities, he said.
Mr. Ezell glances out his office window at Old Glory and the INS flag snapping in the ocean breeze.

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