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SNAP AT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bite off with a quick bite
Example:
The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants
Synonyms:
bite off; snap at
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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
