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snack bar / ' snak bar / noun [ count ]

a place where you can buy and eat snacks

snag / snreg / noun [ count ]

a small problem

It's a beautiful bike — the only snag is it's very expensive. snail / sneil / noun [ count ]

a small, soft animal with a hard shell on its back. Snails

move veiy slowly.

snail slug

snake Ф / sneik / noun [ count ]

an animal with a long, thin body and no legs Do these snakes bite?

snap 1 / snap / verb ( snaps , snap - ping , snapped )

1 to break something suddenly with a sharp noise; to be

broken in this way

He snapped the pencil in two.

Suddenly, the rope snapped.

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break to go, or to make something go into smaller pieces: She dropped the cup and it broke into pieces . ♦ I'm sorry, I broke one of your dinner plates. ♦ He broke the chocolate in two and gave me half. ♦ She fell and broke her arm.

crack (used about something hard) to break so that a line appears, but without dividing into smaller pieces; to break something in this way: The ice cracked as I stepped on it. ♦ This mirror is cracked. ♦ He cracked a tooth playing football.

smash to break into many pieces in a violent and noisy way; to break something in this way: The glass bowl smashed into a thousand pieces . ♦ Several windows had been smashed. ♦ He smashed the box open and took the jewelry from inside.

snap to break suddenly into two pieces with a sharp noise; to break something in this way: Suddenly, the cable snapped. ♦ The weight of the snow snapped the branch in two .

burst to break open suddenly; to make something break in this way: That balloon will burst if you blow it up any more. ♦ Don't burst that balloon! ♦ The dam burst under the weight of the water.

to say something in a quick, angry way "Go away — I'm busy!" she snapped.

to try to bite someone or something The dog snapped at my leg.

snap your fingers

to make a sharp noise by moving your middle finger quickly against your thumb

snap2 / snrep / noun

[count]

a sudden sound of something breaking

a small, round, metal object with two parts that you press together to fasten a piece of clothing

snap • shot / ' snrepjat / [count]

a photograph that you take quickly

snarl / snarl / verb ( snarls , snarl . ing , snarled )

When an animal snarls , it shows its teeth and makes a

low, angry sound

The dogs snarled at the stranger.

snatch / snretj / verb ( snatch . es , snatch . ing , snatched )

to take something with a quick, rough movement A thief snatched her bag and ran away.

—SYNONYM grab

sneak / snik / verb ( sneaks , sneak ing , sneaked or snuck/ sn.\k / has sneaked or has snuck)

to go somewhere very quietly so that no one sees or hears you

She sneaked out of the house without telling her parents.

sneak • er / ' snikar / noun [ count ]

a soft shoe that you wear for playing sports or with informal clothes

a pair of sneakers

—Look at the picture at shoe .

sneer / snir / verb ( sneers, sneer . ing, sneered )

to speak or smile in an unkind way to show that you do not like someone or something, or that you think they are not good enough

I told her about my idea, but she just sneered at it. ►sneer noun [ count ]

His lips curled in a sneer.

sneeze / sniz / verb

( sneez.es,sneez . ing ,sneezed )

( HEALTH ) to make air come out of your nose and mouth with a sudden loud noise, for example because you have a cold