snap
exclamation/snæp/
/snæp/
- you say snap! in the card game called ‘Snap’ when two cards that are the same are put down
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- (British English, informal) people say snap! to show that they are surprised when two things are the same
- Snap! I've just bought curtains exactly like those.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the senses ‘make a sudden audible bite’ and ‘quick sharp biting sound’): probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German snappen ‘seize’; partly imitative.
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