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knap
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /næp/
- Rhymes: -æp
- Homophone: nap
Etymology 1
From Middle English knappen (verb) and knappe (“strike”) (noun), an onomatopoeia.
Verb
knap (third-person singular simple present knaps, present participle knapping, simple past and past participle knapped)
- (transitive) To shape a brittle material having conchoidal fracture, usually a mineral (flint, obsidian, chert etc.), by breaking away flakes, often forming a sharp edge or point.
- (transitive) To rap or strike sharply.
- 1820, The Edinburgh Monthly Magazine, volume 8, no.43, page 81, October 1820.
- Some entered the ring in very bad condition, and immediately got a-piping, like hot mutton pies - fell on their own blows, and knapped it every round, till they shewed the white feather and bolted.
- 1977, Marilynne K. Roach, Encounters with the Invisible World, page 10, ?ISBN.
- "That will be sixpence," he said without looking up. She knapped her lips together and turned on her heel without another word.
- 1820, The Edinburgh Monthly Magazine, volume 8, no.43, page 81, October 1820.
- (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To bite; to bite off; to break short.
- Psalms xlvi. 9
- He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder.
- 1821, John Clare, "The Village Minstrel":
- "Horses..turn'd to knap each other at their ease."
- Psalms xlvi. 9
- To make a sound of snapping.
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises
- Press back the head of the Femur into its Acetabulum , and it will knap in
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises
Usage notes
(to shape a brittle material) In modern usage knap is restricted to the specific technique of percussion flaking whereby flakes are removed across an entire face or facet leaving a conchoidal fracture. It is distinguished from the more general verb chip and is different from "carve" (removing only part of a face), and "cleave" (breaking along a natural plane). The term is used in archaeology for the production of flaked stone tools and in gunsmithing for the production of gunflints. Knap is rarely used in stonemasonry except to denote fine chipping done with smaller hammers but without the chisel.
Synonyms
- (break flakes from brittle material): chip
Derived terms
- knapper
- knappable
Related terms
- knapsack
Noun
knap (plural knaps)
- A sharp blow or slap.
- 2012, Andrew Ashenden, Basics of Stage Combat: Unarmed, ?ISBN.
- It tells the audience the punch was thrown, they hear a knap, and the victim is 'injured'.
- 2012, Andrew Ashenden, Basics of Stage Combat: Unarmed, ?ISBN.
See also
- conchoidal
- flake
- hinge
- pressure flaking
Etymology 2
From Middle English knappe (“knob”), from Old English cnæp, akin to cnotta (“knot”).
Noun
knap (plural knaps) (chiefly dialect)
- A protuberance; a swelling; a knob.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Building
- you shall see many fine seats set upon a knap of ground
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Building
- The crest of a hill
- A small hill
- the highest part and knap of the same Iland
References
knap in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Danish
Etymology 1
Likely related to næppe (“hardly at all”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /knap/, [k?n?b?]
- Rhymes: -ap
Adjective
knap
- scant, scarce
- brief, concise
Inflection
Adverb
knap
- hardly, scarcely
- just under
- barely
Etymology 2
From Old Norse knappr, from Proto-Germanic *knappô.
Noun
knap c (singular definite knappen, plural indefinite knapper)
- button (in clothes etc.)
- button (in machines)
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kn?p/
Etymology 1
Of unknown origin. Found only in Dutch and Low German (whence German knapp). Compare Ancient Greek ?????? (knápt?, “to card wool”), ????????? (knéphallon, “flock, wool”), compared in the sense of "tight-fitting, shapely."
Adjective
knap (comparative knapper, superlative knapst)
- smart, intelligent, gifted, talented, clever
- Synonyms: begaafd, slim
- impressive
- Synonym: netjes
- attractive, beautiful, handsome
- Synonym: aantrekkelijk
Inflection
Derived terms
- knappe kop
- knapperd
Adverb
knap
- quite, rather, pretty (reinforces what follows)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
knap
- first-person singular present indicative of knappen
- imperative of knappen
References
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English cnæp.
Noun
knap
- Alternative form of knappe (“knob”)
Etymology 2
Possibly onomatopoeic.
Noun
knap
- Alternative form of knappe (“strike”)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German knapp
Adjective
knap (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (colloquial) tight
Adverb
knap (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (colloquial) tightly, barely
Related terms
- jedva, tijesno
Swedish
Noun
knap
- A cleat
Anagrams
- pank
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snap
English
Etymology
From Dutch snappen (“to bite; seize”) or Low German snappen (“to bite; seize”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snapp?n? (“to snap; snatch; chatter”), intensive form of *snap?n? ("to snap; grab"; > Old Norse snapa (“to get; scrounge”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ksnew- (“to scrape; scratch; grate; rub”). Cognate with West Frisian snappe (“to get; catch; snap”), German schnappen (“to grab”), Swedish snappa (“to snatch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /snæp/
- Rhymes: -æp
Noun
snap (countable and uncountable, plural snaps)
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- A sudden break.
- An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- The act of making a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm.
- A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- (informal) A photograph; a snapshot.
- We took a few snaps of the old church before moving on.
- The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
- a ginger snap
- A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
- It'll be a snap to get that finished.
- I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap.
- A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- (American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
- (somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- (Britain, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- 1913, D H Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, page 89:
- When I went to put my coat on at snap time, what should go runnin' up my arm but a mouse.
- 1913, D H Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, page 89:
- (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
- (obsolete) A greedy fellow.
- That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
- He's a nimble fellow, / And alike skill'd in every liberal science, / As having certain snaps of all.
- briskness; vigour; energy; decision
- (slang, archaic) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.
- 1920, Cornell Forester (volumes 1-6)
- The Profs they lead a jolly life, jolly life, / They're free from every care and strife, care and strife. / They make the studes, poor studes fall into line; / I wish the Profs' soft snap were mine.
- 1920, Cornell Forester (volumes 1-6)
- (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
- 2003, Clive Selwood, All the Moves (but None of the Licks) (page 33)
- The job was a snap. I travelled the country averaging a thousand miles a week and, since the previous incumbent had been a lazy bugger, managed to treble the business. It was a cinch.
- 2003, Clive Selwood, All the Moves (but None of the Licks) (page 33)
- A snapper, or snap beetle.
- (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- (colloquial) Something of no value.
- not worth a snap
- (Internet) A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
- 2014, Newton Lee, Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness, p. 51:
- By April 2014, over 700 million snaps are shared per day on Snapchat — more than Facebook, WhatsApp, and other social networks.
- 2015, Suse Barnes, Like, Follow, Share: Awesome, Actionable Social Media Marketing to Maximise Your Online Potential, p. 238:
- The oldest snaps will be deleted after 24 hours, and to keep the story going you'll have to add new content regularly.
- 2015, Yuval Karniel, Amit Lavie-Dinur, Privacy and Fame: How We Expose Ourselves across Media Platforms, p. 120:
- While Snapchat bases its whole product marketing on the auto-deletion of the snaps (images and videos) so that they are not stored, recent reports indicate otherwise.
- 2014, Newton Lee, Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness, p. 51:
- (uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
- A tool used by riveters.
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- (slang, dated) A brief theatrical engagement.
- (slang, dated) A cheat or sharper.
- A newsflash.
- 2013, Paul Chantler, ?Peter Stewart, Basic Radio Journalism (page 159)
- A 'snap' usually becomes a 'newsflash' on air. Keep snaps short, only run them when news is really 'hot', and try not to break a story within a few minutes of the bulletin unless it is top priority.
- 2013, Paul Chantler, ?Peter Stewart, Basic Radio Journalism (page 159)
Derived terms
- bang snap
- snapless
- snappish
- snappy
- snap roll
Translations
Verb
snap (third-person singular simple present snaps, present participle snapping, simple past and past participle snapped or (obsolete) snapt)
- (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- He snapped his stick in anger.
- If you bend it too much, it will snap.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- But this weapon will snap short, unfaithful to the hand that employs it.
- (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- Blazing firewood snaps.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
- A dog snaps at a passenger. A fish snaps at the bait.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- She snapped at the chance to appear on television.
- (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
- (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
- (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
- She should take a break before she snaps.
- (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- The floating toolbar will snap to the edge of the screen when dragged towards it.
- (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last.
- (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
- (transitive, dated) To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Granville to this entry?)
- (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
- to snap a fastener
- to snap a whip
- (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
- (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
- (transitive, American football) To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
- He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him.
- To misfire.
- The gun snapped.
- (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
Derived terms
Translations
Interjection
snap!
- The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
- (Britain, Australia) By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
- Snap! We've both got pink buckets and spades.
- (Britain) Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).
- (Canada, US) Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
- "I just ran over your phone with my car." "Oh, snap!"
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
- "Wasn't that John?" "Wasn't that John?" "Snap!"
Synonyms
- (used after simultaneous utterance): jinx
Translations
Adjective
snap (not comparable)
- (informal, attributive) Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation.
- 1889, The Kansas City Medical Index-Lancet, volume 10, issue 8:
- Now I should consider it a very snap judgment or a snap diagnosis for anybody to come into a medical society
- 1889, The Kansas City Medical Index-Lancet, volume 10, issue 8:
Derived terms
- snap election
See also
- Snap (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- snap at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- ANPs, NPAS, NSPA, PANs, PNAS, PNAs, Pans, SPAN, naps, pans, span
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
snap
- first-person singular present indicative of snappen
- imperative of snappen
Anagrams
- span
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
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Noun
snap m (genitive singular snaip, plural snapan)
- trigger (of a gun)
- morsel
Derived terms
- snapach (“having a trigger; that misses fire; that fires; that strikes fast”)
Verb
snap (past snap, future snapaidh, verbal noun snapadh, past participle snapta)
- pull a trigger
- misfire
Derived terms
- snapaireachd (“snapping, snapping sound, as that caused by pulling the trigger of a gun”)
References
- “snap” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
Spanish
Noun
snap m (plural snaps)
- snap (photograph)
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