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How to spell snap

Snap is spelled S-N-A-P.

What it means: A sudden, sharp cracking sound.

In a sentence: I heard a loud snap when I broke the stick. ▶

Same family: snapped, snapping, snapper, snappy, snapback. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Snap” comes from Middle Low German and Dutch roots meaning ‘to break suddenly.’ It has kept that quick, sharp feeling in many modern uses, from snapping a stick to snapping a photo.

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