Snap \Snap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Snapping.]

[LG. or D. snappen to snap up, to snatch; akin to G. schnappen, MHG. snaben, Dan. snappe, and to D. snavel beak, bill. Cf. Neb, Snaffle, n.]

1. To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

Breaks the doors open, snaps the locks. --Prior.

2. To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.

3. To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.

He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last. --South.

4. To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up. --Granville.

5. To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip.

MacMorian snapped his fingers repeatedly. --Sir W. Scott.

6. To project with a snap.

To snap back (Football), to roll the ball back with the foot; -- done only by the center rush, who thus delivers the ball to the quarter back on his own side when both sides are ranged in line.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Snapping \Snap"ping\, a. & n. from Snap, v.

Snapping beetle. (Zo["o]l.) See Snap beetle, under Snap.

Snapping turtle. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle (Chelydra serpentina) common in the fresh waters of the United States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle.
   (b) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)