Spit vs. Snap

Spitnoun

A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.

Spitnoun

A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.

Spitnoun

(uncountable) Saliva, especially when expectorated.

Spitnoun

(countable) An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.

Spitnoun

The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.

Spitnoun

The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.

Spitverb

(transitive) To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.

Spitverb

(transitive) To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.

Spitverb

(ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

Spitverb

(ambitransitive) To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.

Spitverb

(ambitransitive) To utter (something) violently.

Spitverb

To rap, to utter.

Spitverb

To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.

Spitverb

To plant (something) using a spade.

Spitverb

To dig, to spade.

Spitnoun

A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.

Spitnoun

A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand.

Spitnoun

The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.

Spitnoun

The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.

Spitverb

To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.

Spitverb

To spade; to dig.

Spitverb

To attend to a spit; to use a spit.

Spitverb

To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth.

Spitverb

To eject; to throw out; to belch.

Spitverb

To throw out saliva from the mouth.

Spitverb

To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.

Spitnoun

a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

Spitnoun

a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches

Spitnoun

a skewer for holding meat over a fire

Spitnoun

the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

Spitverb

expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth;

Spitverb

utter with anger or contempt

Spitverb

rain gently;

Spitverb

drive a skewer through;

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