One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
Synonyms of snap in English:
snap
See definition of snap
verb
1‘the safety rope snapped and Davis was sucked under the water’
break, break in two, break into two, fracture, splinter, separate, come apart, part, split, crack
informal bust
hold
2‘she claims she snapped after years of violence’
lose one's self-control, crack, freak, freak out, get overwrought, go to pieces, get hysterical, get worked up, flare up
informal crack up, lose one's cool, blow one's top, fly off the handle
British informal throw a wobbly
3‘a white Range Rover passed, the Union flag snapping from a small mast on the bonnet’
crack, flick, click, crackle
flutter, wave, flap, quiver, vibrate
4‘a dog was snapping at his heels’
bite, gnash its teeth
try to bite, try to nip
5‘‘I'm not that old!’ Anna snapped’
say roughly, speak roughly, say brusquely, speak brusquely, say nastily, speak nastily, say abruptly, speak abruptly, say angrily, speak angrily, bark, snarl, growl, fling, hurl
lash out at
retort, rejoin, riposte, retaliate, snap back
round on someone
informal jump down someone's throat, fly off the handle at
6‘they could see photographers snapping the royal shooting party’
photograph, get a photo of, get a photograph of, take a photo of, take a photograph of, take someone's photo, take someone's picture, get a picture of, take a picture of, picture, get a snap of, get a snapshot of, take a snap of, take a snapshot of, take, shoot, get a shot of, take a shot of, take a likeness of, record, film, capture on celluloid, capture on film, record on celluloid, record on film
noun
1‘she closed her purse with a snap’
click, crack, pop, clink, tick, report, smack, whack, crackle
2‘there was a sudden cold snap immediately after Christmas’
period, spell, time, interval, season, stretch, run
British informal patch, spot
3‘the snap of the dialogue’
dynamism, life, go, energy, spirit, vigour, vigorousness, liveliness, sparkle, vivacity, vitality, sprightliness, force, forcefulness, drive, strength, animation, verve, panache, elan, enthusiasm, exuberance, gusto, brio, zest, bite
informal oomph, pizzazz, zing, zip, feistiness
inertia, lethargy
4‘Mark showed me his holiday snaps of Barbados’
photograph, picture, photo, shot, snapshot, likeness, image, portrait, study, print, slide, transparency, negative, positive, plate, film, bromide, frame, exposure, still, proof, enprint, enlargement
Phrases
‘you've had a bad time, and now you're snapping out of it’
recover, recover control of oneself, regain control of oneself, recover control of one's emotions, regain control of one's emotions, recover one's composure, regain one's composure, recover one's calm, regain one's calm, recover one's self-control, regain one's self-control, get a grip on oneself, get a hold on oneself, take a grip on oneself, take a hold on oneself, pull oneself together, get over it, become one's old self, get better, cheer up, become cheerful, perk up
get one's act together, buck up
mope
‘people are snapping up bargains all over the place’
buy eagerly, buy quickly, jump at, accept eagerly, snatch at, take advantage of, grab, grab at, snatch, seize, seize on, grasp, grasp with both hands, pounce on, swoop down on
pass up