See Also: snap 2, noun(dictionary)
Snap(medicine)
snap-on(dictionary)
snap(5)(dictionary)
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snap(4)(dictionary)
snap-(6)(dictionary)
snap 1, verb(dictionary)

ungainly (oh) and snap 2, noun (oh)


ungainly (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: gainly 'proper, graceful, pleasing' (14-20 centuries), from gain 'direct, kind, useful' (10-19 centuries), from Old Norse gegn]
moving in a way that does not look graceful
::a tall ungainly teenager
-- ungainliness n [U]

snap 2, noun (oh)



2 n
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1 ?sound?
2 ?photograph?
3 be a snap
4 ?clothing?
5 a snap of somebody's fingers
6 ?game?
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?SOUND?
[singular] a sudden loud sound, especially made by something breaking or closing
::He shut the book with a snap.
?PHOTOGRAPH?
[C] informal especially BrE a photograph taken quickly and often not very skilfully
-synonym snapshot snapshot
::holiday snaps
be a snap
AmE informal to be very easy to do
::The test was a snap.
?CLOTHING?
[C] AmE a small metal fastener on clothes that works when you press its two parts together
::baby clothing with snaps
a snap of sb's fingers
a sudden sound made by quickly moving one of your fingers against your thumb
::At a snap of his owner's fingers, the dog came running.
?GAME?
[U] a card game in which players put down one card after another and try to be the first to shout 'snap' when there are two cards that are the same
-see also cold snap