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Definition of Snap at
1. Verb. Bite off with a quick bite. "The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snap At
Literary usage of Snap at
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"Sharp. see no reason but I may snap at him. ... We snap at the bait without ever
dreaming of At people's heels with frothy cnaps. Swift. ..."
2. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1846)
"The phalanx moves on, accompanied by straggling foes, who, like dogs running
along by the side of some large animal, rather snap at the heels of the ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1871)
"snap at, 1. Bite, seize, snap, catch at, snatch at. 2. Snarl at, growl at. ...
Snatch at, Seize, snap, catch at, snap at. Snath, n. Snead. Snead, n. Snath. ..."
4. Narrative of the Campaign of the Indus in Sind and Kaubool in 1838-9 by Richard Hartley Kennedy (1840)
"—Tow-ropes snap at starting.—Captain Porter.—Wonders of Steam.—Town of Diu;
propriety of purchasing it from the Portuguese.—Slave-trade.—Somnath Puttan. ..."
5. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation: A Revised Orthography by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"or other object thrown ; snap at, as a dog snapping at a person (ace.) or a fly;
snap at a person (ace.) ie turn sharply upon him with violent talk; ..."
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