shot vs snap

shot

noun
  • The result of launching a projectile or bullet. 

  • Small metal balls used as ammunition. 

  • A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting. 

  • The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal. 

  • An opportunity or attempt. 

  • A cast of one or more nets. 

  • Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small. 

  • A single draft or catch of fish made. 

  • A vaccination or injection. 

  • The heavy iron ball used for the shot put. 

  • A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames. 

  • Someone who shoots (a gun, longbow, etc.); a person reckoned as to their aim. 

  • Written documentation of a behavior infraction. 

  • A charge to be paid, a scot or shout. 

  • A punch or other physical blow. 

  • A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters; 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce) 

  • A single serving of espresso. 

  • A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam). 

  • A place or spot for setting nets. 

verb
  • To load (a gun) with shot. 

adj
  • Worn out or broken. 

  • Scarred silly or crazy of something or someone usually due to a traumatic experience with said fear. 

  • Tired, weary. 

  • Discharged, cleared, or rid of something. 

  • Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance. 

intj
  • An expression of gratitude, similar to thank you. 

snap

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

  • A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force. 

  • A tool used by riveters. 

  • A tool used by glass-moulders. 

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

  • A thin circular cookie or similar baked good. 

  • A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris. 

  • Something of no value. 

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

  • The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension. 

  • A visual message sent through the Snapchat application. 

  • A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment. 

  • 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. 

  • A small meal, a snack; lunch. 

  • Something that is easy or effortless. 

  • 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. 

  • A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line. 

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

  • briskness; vigour; energy; decision 

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

  • A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike. 

  • The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand. 

  • A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used. 

  • A sudden break. 

  • A photograph; a snapshot. 

  • A snapper, or snap beetle. 

  • A newsflash. 

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

  • A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical. 

verb
  • To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension. 

  • To say abruptly or sharply. 

  • To jump to a fixed position relative to another element. 

  • To snatch with or as if with the teeth. 

  • To flash or appear to flash as with light. 

  • To 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. 

  • To cause to move suddenly and smartly. 

  • To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc. 

  • To send a visual message through the Snapchat application. 

  • To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly. 

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

  • To attempt to seize with eagerness. 

  • To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack. 

  • To give way abruptly and loudly. 

  • To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose. 

  • To fracture or break apart suddenly. 

  • To close something using a snap as a fastener. 

  • To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football). 

  • To speak abruptly or sharply. 

  • To misfire. 

  • To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound. 

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

adj
  • Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation. 

intj
  • The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand. 

  • "I've got one the same!", "Me too!" 

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

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

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

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