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Definition of Snap up
1. Verb. Get hold of or seize quickly and easily. "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale"
Definition of Snap up
1. Verb. (transitive) To buy quickly, usually because the item is a bargain or in short supply or something one has been searching for. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snap Up
Literary usage of Snap up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"4V See SNATCH, to seize quickly, snap up. .... A weakened form of Du. snappen,'to
snap up, or to intercept,' Hexham; ^»Tva.'Ç. *V Ci. sch.ni£f>en, ..."
2. Gymnastic Teaching by William Skarstrom (1921)
"From lying position: "snap" up to standing position, arms folded. ... Handstand,
drop to head stand, roll over and "snap" up to standing position. ..."
3. Gymnastic Teaching by William Skarstrom (1921)
"From lying position: "snap" up to standing position, arms folded. ... Handstand,
drop to head stand, roll over and "snap" up to standing position. ..."
4. How To, a Book of Tumbling, Tricks, Pyramids and Games by Horace Butterworth (1899)
"Hand spring; roll forward; snap up. Hand spring; head spring; snap up; roll over.
Balance on elbows; head stand; roll forward and snap up. ..."
5. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1915)
"Caterpillars of many kinds helped out, and it was great fun to sit beside an
ant-hill and snap up the busy workers as they came out. ..."
6. Yule-tide Stories: A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular by Benjamin Thorpe (1853)
"I, Foxy Coxy, one ; Goosy Poosy, two; Ducky Lucky, three ; Cocky Locky, four;
Henny Penny, five ; and little chicken Kluk, six ; Hei! that one I '11 snap up ..."
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