| succumb | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. buckle under, give in, knuckle under, succumb, yield | consent reluctantly. |
| ~ consent, go for, accept | give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to.; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" |
| ~ accede, give in, bow, defer, submit | yield to another's wish or opinion.; "The government bowed to the military pressure" |
| v. (stative) | 2. succumb, yield | be fatally overwhelmed. |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| disconnect | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. disconnect, disconnection, gulf | an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding).; "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy" |
| ~ disparity | inequality or difference in some respect. |
| v. (contact) | 2. disconnect, unplug | pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable.; "unplug the hair dryer after using it" |
| ~ undo | cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect.; "I wish I could undo my actions" |
| v. (contact) | 3. disconnect | make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten. |
| ~ decouple, uncouple | disconnect or separate.; "uncouple the hounds" |
| ~ detach | cause to become detached or separated; take off.; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it" |
| ~ disunite, separate, part, divide | force, take, or pull apart.; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" |
| snap | | |
| n. (act) | 1. catch, grab, snap, snatch | the act of catching an object with the hands.; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion" |
| ~ touching, touch | the act of putting two things together with no space between them.; "at his touch the room filled with lights" |
| ~ fair catch | (American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackled. |
| ~ interception | (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team. |
| ~ reception | (American football) the act of catching a pass in football.; "the tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard line" |
| ~ rebound | the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot. |
| ~ shoestring catch | (baseball) a running catch made near the ground. |
| ~ interlock, interlocking, meshing, mesh | the act of interlocking or meshing.; "an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check" |
| n. (time) | 2. snap | a spell of cold weather.; "a cold snap in the middle of May" |
| ~ while, spell, patch, piece | a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition.; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather" |
| n. (food) | 3. snap, snap bean | tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections. |
| ~ green bean | immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable. |
| n. (food) | 4. ginger nut, ginger snap, gingersnap, snap | a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger. |
| ~ cookie, biscuit, cooky | any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term). |
| ~ brandysnap | a gingersnap flavored with brandy. |
| n. (event) | 5. snap | the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand.; "servants appeared at the snap of his fingers" |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| n. (event) | 6. crack, cracking, snap | a sudden sharp noise.; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig" |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| n. (event) | 7. snap | a sudden breaking. |
| ~ break | the occurrence of breaking.; "the break in the dam threatened the valley" |
| n. (attribute) | 8. elasticity, snap | the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed.; "the waistband had lost its snap" |
| ~ physical property | any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions. |
| ~ resilience, resiliency | the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit. |
| ~ bounce, bounciness | the quality of a substance that is able to rebound. |
| ~ give, springiness, spring | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length. |
| ~ stretchability, stretchiness, stretch | the capacity for being stretched. |
| ~ toughness, temper | the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking. |
| ~ elasticity of shear | the elasticity of a body that has been pulled out of shape by a shearing force. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. shot, snap, snapshot | an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera.; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends" |
| ~ photo, photograph, pic, exposure, picture | a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material. |
| n. (artifact) | 10. press stud, snap, snap fastener | a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound.; "children can manage snaps better than buttons" |
| ~ fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. |
| n. (act) | 11. breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover | any undertaking that is easy to do.; "marketing this product will be no picnic" |
| ~ doddle | an easy task. |
| ~ project, task, undertaking, labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.; "he prepared for great undertakings" |
| n. (act) | 12. snap | the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand.; "he gave his fingers a snap" |
| ~ movement, motility, motion, move | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| n. (act) | 13. centering, snap | (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back.; "the quarterback fumbled the snap" |
| ~ toss, flip, pass | (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team.; "the pass was fumbled" |
| ~ american football, american football game | a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays. |
| v. (communication) | 14. snap, snarl | utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone.; "The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us" |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| v. (contact) | 15. bust, rupture, snap, tear | separate or cause to separate abruptly.; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" |
| ~ disunite, separate, part, divide | force, take, or pull apart.; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" |
| ~ lacerate | cut or tear irregularly. |
| ~ rend, rip, rive, pull | tear or be torn violently.; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" |
| ~ rip up, shred, tear up | tear into shreds. |
| v. (change) | 16. crack, snap | break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension.; "The pipe snapped" |
| ~ come apart, break, fall apart, split up, separate | become separated into pieces or fragments.; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
| v. (motion) | 17. click, snap | move or strike with a noise.; "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (change) | 18. snap | close with a snapping motion.; "The lock snapped shut" |
| ~ close, shut | move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut.; "Close the door"; "shut the window" |
| v. (perception) | 19. crack, snap | make a sharp sound.; "his fingers snapped" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (motion) | 20. snap | move with a snapping sound.; "bullets snapped past us" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (contact) | 21. snap, snatch, snatch up | to grasp hastily or eagerly.; "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone" |
| ~ clutch, prehend, seize | take hold of; grab.; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" |
| ~ swoop up, swoop | seize or catch with a swooping motion. |
| v. (contact) | 22. snap | put in play with a snap.; "snap a football" |
| ~ hit | cause to move by striking.; "hit a ball" |
| v. (contact) | 23. click, flick, snap | cause to make a snapping sound.; "snap your fingers" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (emotion) | 24. break down, lose it, snap | lose control of one's emotions.; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped" |
| ~ behave, act, do | behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself.; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" |
| ~ dissolve | lose control emotionally.; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme" |
| ~ die | be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame.; "I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered"; "We almost died laughing during the show" |
| ~ fall apart, go to pieces | lose one's emotional or mental composure.; "She fell apart when her only child died" |
| v. (contact) | 25. snap | bring the jaws together.; "he snapped indignantly" |
| ~ bite, seize with teeth | to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws.; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her" |
| v. (communication) | 26. photograph, shoot, snap | record on photographic film.; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President" |
| ~ photography, picture taking | the act of taking and printing photographs. |
| ~ record, enter, put down | make a record of; set down in permanent form. |
| ~ film, shoot, take | make a film or photograph of something.; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" |
| ~ retake | photograph again.; "Please retake that scene" |
| ~ x-ray | take an x-ray of something or somebody.; "The doctor x-rayed my chest" |
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