Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to snap
Participle: snapped
Gerund: snapping
Indicative
Present
| I | snap |
| you | snap |
| he;she;it | snaps |
| we | snap |
| you | snap |
| they | snap |
Perfect
| I | have snapped |
| you | have snapped |
| he;she;it | has snapped |
| we | have snapped |
| you | have snapped |
| they | have snapped |
Past
| I | snapped |
| you | snapped |
| he;she;it | snapped |
| we | snapped |
| you | snapped |
| they | snapped |
Pluperfect
| I | had snapped |
| you | had snapped |
| he;she;it | had snapped |
| we | had snapped |
| you | had snapped |
| they | had snapped |
Future
| I | will snap |
| you | will snap |
| he;she;it | will snap |
| we | will snap |
| you | will snap |
| they | will snap |
Future Perfect
| I | will have snapped |
| you | will have snapped |
| he;she;it | will have snapped |
| we | will have snapped |
| you | will have snapped |
| they | will have snapped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | snap |
| you | snap |
| he;she;it | snap |
| we | snap |
| you | snap |
| they | snap |
Perfect
| I | have snapped |
| you | have snapped |
| he;she;it | have snapped |
| we | have snapped |
| you | have snapped |
| they | have snapped |
Imperfect
| I | snapped |
| you | snapped |
| he;she;it | snapped |
| we | snapped |
| you | snapped |
| they | snapped |
Pluperfect
| I | had snapped |
| you | had snapped |
| he;she;it | had snapped |
| we | had snapped |
| you | had snapped |
| they | had snapped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would snap |
| you | would snap |
| he;she;it | would snap |
| we | would snap |
| you | would snap |
| they | would snap |
Perfect
| I | would have snapped |
| you | would have snapped |
| he;she;it | would have snapped |
| we | would have snapped |
| you | would have snapped |
| they | would have snapped |
Imperative
| you | snap |
| we | Let's snap |
| you | snap |
Verbs conjugated like 'snap'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'snap'
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Middle Dutch snappen
3. Dutch snappenbor.
4. Low German snappenbor.
5. English snap
6. From Dutch snappen (“to bite; seize”) or Low German snappen (“to bite; seize”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *snappōn, from Proto-Germanic *snappōną (“to snap; snatch; chatter”), intensive form of *snapāną (”to snap; grab”, whence Old Norse snapa (“to get; scrounge”)), from Proto-Indo-European *snop-; compare Lithuanian snãpas (“beak, bill”). (One alternative hypothesis links the Germanic words to *snu-, an expressive root deriving words meaning “nose”, “snout”, “sniff” etc., but this is phonetically unsound.) In any case influenced by onomatopoeia; note expressions such as snip-snap, containing the formally unrelated snip.
7. Cognate with West Frisian snappe (“to get; catch; snap”), German schnappen (“to grab”), Swedish snappa (“to snatch”).
8. The verb is derived from the noun. See: Dutch '
snappen', Low Saxon 'snappen', German, old spelling '
schnappen', Swedish '
snappa'.
Verbs referencing "snap"
German, old spelling
schnappen, Icelandic
snappa.
Sample Sentences
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He snapped his stick in anger.
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If you bend it too much, it will snap.
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But this weapon will snap short, unfaithful to the hand that employs it. [1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:]
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Blazing firewood snaps.
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A dog snaps at a passenger. A fish snaps at the bait.
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She snapped at the chance to appear on television.
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He snapped at me for the slightest mistake.
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She should take a break before she snaps.
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He was in the Thunderbirds before the war. One of the best combat pilots in 'Nam. Snapped. No doubt about it. [1983, Frank Lupo, Stephen J. Cannell, “Mexican Slayride”, in The A-Team, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Colonel Lynch (William Lucking):]
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At the moment Carter snapped, a lunch break in J&M turned into a blood riot when half a dozen technicians dropped their snacks and began cannibalizing each other instead. In I&T, their opposite numbers began beating each other to death with keyboards, chairs, and even computer monitors while their Chief masticated her husband's digits. [2024 September 28, Harry Blank, “Not Ready for Prime Time”, in Deadlined, →ISBN, page 604:]
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The floating toolbar will snap to the edge of the screen when dragged towards it.
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He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last. [1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:]
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“No, please, stop with this nonsense,” snapped Julian Nagelsmann. Germany had just lost 2-1 to Ecuador in their final group game and the television interviewer was suggesting that with Germany already qualified, perhaps the Ecuadoreans had simply wanted it more. [2026 June 28, Jonathan Liew, “Germany trapped between past and future with team lost in identity malaise”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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A surly, ill-bred Lord,
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That chides, and snaps her up at ev'ry Word [1721, George Granville, “Cleora”, in Poems Upon Several Occasions:]
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to snap a fastener
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to snap a whip
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Three more birds came in, and as each took up his roosting place, the old bird repeated his challenge by snapping his beak at them. [1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 71:]
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"Time's up!" said Mr. Peeble, snapping his watch. [1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:]
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MacMorian[…] snapped his fingers repeatedly. [1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:]
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The soldiers snapped to attention as the colonel entered the room.
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Veiksaar's half-baked .aic was running the camera feeds, and traced the path of destruction beginning in the workroom with brutal efficiency. The views snapped from scene to scene on five second intervals, and it was like watching an interpolation of every snuff film ever made. [2024 September 28, Harry Blank, “Not Ready for Prime Time”, in Deadlined, →ISBN, page 604:]
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He snapped a picture of me with my mouth open and my eyes closed.
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I arrive at the station in time to snap a few pictures and observe my fellow passengers. [2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 64:]
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As I set myself up the round table, my phone lit up with a few notifications on Snapchat. Gustin snapped me a few pictures of the three boys in the park. [2019, Keertiga Chandran, “Rockhurst”, in The Pebble Fall Theme Park: Welcome to the Pebble Fall Theme Park, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN:]
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Did you know she just joined Snapchat? Last night, she snapped me a picture of you sitting in a muddy puddle in nothing but your diaper. [2024, Jami Rogers, “Chapter Two: Natalie”, in Always Been Write: A Small Town, Best Friends to Lovers Romance (Lust or Bust; 6):]
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He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him.
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The gun snapped.