Reverse Dictionary: SNAP

ADJECTIVES
► HAPPERY crackling; apt to snap or crackle → 1886 Eng. dial.

NOUNS
► HABBLE the act of snapping → 1808 Sc.
► HANCH a voracious snap or snatch; an attempt to bite from behind → 1808-18 & N. Ireland
► NAG a nick, notch, indentation; a bite, snap → 1887 Sc.
► YACK a snapping or cracking sound → 1861

VERBS
► BURST to break, to snap, to shatter suddenly → c1250 obs.
► CRACK to snap or split asunder → 1400 obs.
► FRUSH to break, to snap; to break or become broken under pressure; to become crushed → 1489 obs.
► HABBLE to snap at anything like a dog; to make a growling noise when eating voraciously → 1808 Sc.
► HANCH to snatch, to snap at or bite with violent or noisy action of the jaws; said of large dogs, wild beasts, cannibals, or greedy men → a1400-50 now chiefly Sc.
► HAPPER to crackle, to snap → 1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► NAG to bite; to snap; to mark with the teeth; to seize → 1887 Sc.
► NESP to bite, to snap → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRAP to snap; to break off suddenly with a noise → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SNAP AS SHORT AS A CARROT to snap, break off short and sharp, as a carrot does → L18 colloq.
► TWIG to snap, to break off → 1725 sl., obs.
► YACK to make a snapping sound, to snap, to crack → 1873