click vs snap

click

noun
  • The act of making a clicking sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and then releasing to strike the palm; a snap. 

  • A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed. 

  • A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. 

  • The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software. 

  • A pawl or similar catch. 

  • The latch of a door. 

  • The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks. 

  • An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure. 

  • A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch. 

  • Sound made by a dolphin. 

  • A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing. 

verb
  • To press and release (a button on a computer mouse). 

  • To emit a click. 

  • To snap the fingers. 

  • To visit (a web site). 

  • To make sense suddenly. 

  • Of a film, to be successful at the box office. 

  • To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button. 

  • To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click. 

  • To navigate by clicking a mouse button. 

  • To get along well. 

  • To take (a photograph) with a camera. 

  • To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time. 

intj
  • The sound of a click. 

snap

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

  • 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 offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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). 

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. 

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