[
  {
    "word": "snap",
    "phonetic": "/sn\u00e6p/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/sn\u00e6p/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/snap-au.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75701411",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/sn\u00e6p/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/snap-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=185984",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A sudden break.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A photograph; a snapshot.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We took a few snaps of the old church before moving on."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a ginger snap"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A small meal, a snack; lunch.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry \"snap\" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A greedy fellow.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Briskness; vigour; energy; decision",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something that is easy or effortless.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A snapper, or snap beetle.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something of no value.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "not worth a snap"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A tool used by riveters.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A tool used by glass-moulders.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A brief theatrical engagement.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An easy and profitable place or task; a sinecure.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A cheat or sharper.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To fracture or break apart suddenly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He snapped his stick in anger."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Blazing firewood snaps."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A dog snaps at a passenger. A fish snaps at the bait."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To attempt to seize with eagerness.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She snapped at the chance to appear on television."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To speak abruptly or sharply.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He snapped at me for the slightest mistake."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To give way abruptly and loudly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She should take a break before she snaps."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To flash or appear to flash as with light.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The floating toolbar will snap to the edge of the screen when dragged towards it."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To snatch with or as if with the teeth.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To say abruptly or sharply.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause something to emit a snapping sound.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to snap a fastener"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To close something using a snap as a fastener.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause to move suddenly and smartly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He snapped a picture of me with my mouth open and my eyes closed."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To misfire.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The gun snapped."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a snap judgment or decision\u2003\u2003\u2003 a snap political convention"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "interjection",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "By extension from the card game, \"I've got one the same!\", \"Me too!\"",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Snap! We've both got pink buckets and spades."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "\"I just ran over your phone with my car.\" \"Oh, snap!\""
          },
          {
            "definition": "Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "\"Wasn't that John?\" \"Wasn't that John?\" \"Snap!\""
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "jinx"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/snap"
    ]
  }
]