SNAP AT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snap at mean? 

• SNAP AT (verb)
  The verb SNAP AT has 1 sense:

1. bite off with a quick bite

  Familiarity information: SNAP AT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNAP AT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bite off with a quick bite

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bite off; snap at

Context example:

The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants

Hypernyms (to "snap at" is one way to...):

bite; seize with teeth (to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

“Hoping that it will give thee no offence, most holy sir”—with a vicious snap at Alleyne—“and with the kind permit of the company, I will even venture upon it.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Dorothy looked at him in amazement, and so did the Scarecrow, while Toto barked sharply and made a snap at the tin legs, which hurt his teeth.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)