snap

noun

1. A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
2. A sudden break.
3. An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
4. The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
5. A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
6. A photograph; a snapshot.
7. The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
8. A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
9. A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
10. 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.
11. A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
12. A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
13. A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
14. A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
15. A small meal, a snack; lunch.
16. A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
17. A greedy fellow.
18. 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.
19. Briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
20. Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.