Bite vs. Snap

Biteverb

(transitive) To cut off a piece by clamping the teeth.

Biteverb

(transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.

Biteverb

(intransitive) To attack with the teeth.

Biteverb

(intransitive) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.

Biteverb

(intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.

Biteverb

(intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.

Biteverb

To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.

Biteverb

To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.

Biteverb

To sting.

Biteverb

(intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.

Biteverb

To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.

Biteverb

(intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.

Biteverb

(intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.

Biteverb

(transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.

Biteverb

To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.

Biteverb

To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.

Biteverb

To plagiarize, to imitate.

Biteverb

(obsolete) To deceive or defraud; to take in.

Bitenoun

The act of biting.

Bitenoun

The wound left behind after having been bitten.

Bitenoun

The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.

Bitenoun

A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.

Bitenoun

(slang) Something unpleasant.

Bitenoun

(slang) An act of plagiarism.

Bitenoun

A small meal or snack.

Bitenoun

(figuratively) aggression

Bitenoun

The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.

Bitenoun

A cheat; a trick; a fraud.

Bitenoun

A sharper; one who cheats.

Bitenoun

(printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.

Biteverb

To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.

Biteverb

To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food.

Biteverb

To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth.

Biteverb

To cheat; to trick; to take in.

Biteverb

To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground.

Biteverb

To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite?

Biteverb

To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard.

Biteverb

To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.

Biteverb

To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer.

Biteverb

To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites.

Bitenoun

The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite.

Bitenoun

The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking food, as is done by some insects.

Bitenoun

The wound made by biting; as, the pain of a dog's or snake's bite; the bite of a mosquito.

Bitenoun

A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.

Bitenoun

The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.

Bitenoun

A cheat; a trick; a fraud.

Bitenoun

A sharper; one who cheats.

Bitenoun

A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.

Bitenoun

a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person

Bitenoun

a small amount of solid food; a mouthful;

Bitenoun

a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

Bitenoun

a light informal meal

Bitenoun

(angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait;

Bitenoun

wit having a sharp and caustic quality;

Bitenoun

a strong odor or taste property;

Bitenoun

the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws

Bitenoun

a portion removed from the whole;

Biteverb

to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws;

Biteverb

cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;

Biteverb

penetrate or cut, as with a knife;

Biteverb

deliver a sting to;

Biteverb

(of a person or animal) use the teeth to cut into something

Biteverb

use the teeth in order to inflict injury on

Biteverb

(of a snake, insect, or spider) wound with fangs, pincers, or a sting

Biteverb

(of an acid) corrode a surface

Biteverb

(of a fish) take the bait or lure on the end of a fishing line into the mouth

Biteverb

be persuaded to accept a deal or offer

Biteverb

annoy or worry

Biteverb

(of a tool, tyre, boot, etc.) grip or take hold on a surface

Biteverb

(of an object) press into a part of the body, causing pain

Biteverb

cause emotional pain

Biteverb

(of a policy or situation) take effect, with unpleasant consequences

Biteverb

be very bad, unpleasant, or unfortunate

Bitenoun

an act of biting something in order to eat it

Bitenoun

a wound inflicted by an animal's or a person's teeth

Bitenoun

a wound inflicted by a snake, insect, or spider

Bitenoun

an instance of bait being taken by a fish

Bitenoun

the bringing together of the teeth so that the jaws are closed.

Bitenoun

an imprint of the position of the teeth when the jaws are closed, made in a plastic material.

Bitenoun

a piece cut off by biting

Bitenoun

a quick snack

Bitenoun

a small morsel of prepared food, intended to constitute one mouthful

Bitenoun

a short piece of information.

Bitenoun

a sharp or pungent flavour

Bitenoun

incisiveness or cogency of style

Bitenoun

a feeling of cold in the air or wind

Snapnoun

A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.

Snapnoun

A sudden break.

Snapnoun

An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.

Snapnoun

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.

Snapnoun

A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.

Snapnoun

(informal) A photograph; a snapshot.

Snapnoun

The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.

Snapnoun

A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.

Snapnoun

A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.

Snapnoun

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.

Snapnoun

A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.

Snapnoun

(American football) The passing of a football from the center to a back that begins play, a hike.

Snapnoun

A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.

Snapnoun

A small meal, a snack; lunch.

Snapnoun

(uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.

Snapnoun

(obsolete) A greedy fellow.

Snapnoun

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.

Snapnoun

briskness; vigour; energy; decision

Snapnoun

Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.

Snapnoun

(slang) Something that is easy or effortless.

Snapnoun

A snapper, or snap beetle.

Snapnoun

jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop

Snapnoun

A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.

Snapnoun

(colloquial) Something of no value.

Snapnoun

(internet) A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.

Snapnoun

(uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.

Snapnoun

A tool used by riveters.

Snapnoun

A tool used by glass-moulders.

Snapnoun

A brief theatrical engagement.

Snapnoun

An easy and profitable place or task; a sinecure.

Snapnoun

A cheat or sharper.

Snapverb

To fracture or break apart suddenly.

Snapverb

(intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.

Snapverb

(intransitive) To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.

Snapverb

(intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.

Snapverb

(intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.

Snapverb

(intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.

Snapverb

(intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.

Snapverb

(intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.

Snapverb

(intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.

Snapverb

To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.

Snapverb

(transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.

Snapverb

(transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.

Snapverb

(transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.

Snapverb

To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.

Snapverb

(transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound.

Snapverb

(transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.

Snapverb

(transitive) A video of a person snapping their fingers.Alternative snapping techniqueTo 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.

Snapverb

(transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.

Snapverb

(transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).

Snapverb

To put the ball in play by passing it from the center to a back; to hike the ball.

Snapverb

To misfire.

Snapverb

To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).

Snapinterjection

The winning cry at a game of snap.

Snapinterjection

(British) By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same." or similar

Snapinterjection

(British) Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).

Snapinterjection

(North America) Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.

Snapinterjection

Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.

Snapadjective

(informal) Done, performed, made, etc. quickly and without deliberation.

Snapverb

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

Snapverb

To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.

Snapverb

To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.

Snapverb

To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; - usually with up.

Snapverb

To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip.

Snapverb

To project with a snap.

Snapverb

To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).

Snapverb

To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps.

Snapverb

To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.

Snapverb

To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); - often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.

Snapverb

To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; - often with at; as, to snap at a child.

Snapverb

To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.

Snapverb

Of the eyes, to emit sudden, brief sparkles like those of a snapping fire, as sometimes in anger.

Snapnoun

A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.

Snapnoun

A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.

Snapnoun

A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.

Snapnoun

A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.

Snapnoun

A greedy fellow.

Snapnoun

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.

Snapnoun

A sudden severe interval or spell; - applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.

Snapnoun

A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.

Snapnoun

A snap beetle.

Snapnoun

A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; - used chiefly in the plural.

Snapnoun

Briskness; vigor; energy; decision.

Snapnoun

Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained.

Snapnoun

Any task, labor, set of circumstances, or the like, that yields satisfactory results or gives pleasure with little trouble or effort, as an easy course of study, a job where work is light, a bargain, etc.

Snapnoun

A snap shot with a firearm.

Snapnoun

A snapshot.

Snapnoun

Something of no value; as, not worth a snap.

Snapnoun

The action of snapping the ball back, from the center usu. to the quarterback, which commences the play (down), and, if the clock had stopped, restarts the timer clock; a snap back.

Snapadjective

Done, performed, made, executed, carried through, or the like, quickly and without deliberation; as, a snap judgment or decision; a snap political convention.

Snapnoun

the act of catching an object with the hands;

Snapnoun

a spell of cold weather;

Snapnoun

tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

Snapnoun

a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger

Snapnoun

the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand;

Snapnoun

a sudden sharp noise;

Snapnoun

a sudden breaking

Snapnoun

the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed;

Snapnoun

an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera;

Snapnoun

a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound;

Snapnoun

any undertaking that is easy to do;

Snapnoun

the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand;

Snapnoun

(American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back;

Snapverb

utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone;

Snapverb

separate or cause to separate abruptly;

Snapverb

break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension;

Snapverb

move or strike with a noise;

Snapverb

snap close with a sound;

Snapverb

make a sharp sound;

Snapverb

move with a snapping sound;

Snapverb

to grasp hastily or eagerly;

Snapverb

put in play with a snap;

Snapverb

cause to make a snapping sound;

Snapverb

lose control of one's emotions;

Snapverb

record on photographic film;

Snapverb

break suddenly and completely, typically with a sharp cracking sound

Snapverb

emit a sudden, sharp cracking sound

Snapverb

move or alter with a brisk movement and typically a sharp sound

Snapverb

(of an animal) make a sudden audible bite

Snapverb

suddenly lose one's self-control

Snapverb

say something quickly and irritably

Snapverb

take a snapshot of

Snapverb

put (the ball) into play by a quick backward movement

Snapnoun

a sudden, sharp cracking sound or movement

Snapnoun

vigour or liveliness of style or action; zest

Snapnoun

a hurried, irritable tone or manner

Snapnoun

a snapshot

Snapnoun

a card game in which cards from two piles are turned over simultaneously and players call ‘snap’ as quickly as possible when two similar cards are exposed.

Snapnoun

said when similar objects turn up or two similar events take place

Snapnoun

a sudden brief spell of cold or otherwise distinctive weather

Snapnoun

food, especially food taken to work to be eaten during a break.

Snapnoun

an easy task

Snapnoun

a quick backward movement of the ball from the ground that begins a play.

Snapnoun

a small fastener on clothing, engaged by pressing its two halves together; a press stud

Snapadjective

done or taken on the spur of the moment, unexpectedly, or without notice