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Snap

proper nounnounverbcommon in dialogue

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A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.

proper noun

  1. 1

    Variant of SnapchatClipping of Snapchat.

    Others pointed to messages on Snap, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube with doctored clips of “news reports” saying that voting was rigged where they lived and said, Why even bother voting?

    Do you have snap? That at least has voice messages we could trade without trading numbers..ya know, in case im a psycho

    “What’s your Snap?” she says, pulling out her phone, medium-sized with a black sparkly cover that says *That B!tch* in gold letters. “I don’t have Snap,” I say.

    “What’s your Snap handle? We should become friends.”

noun

  1. 1

    A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.

    The Snapstreak increases when you and your friend send a Snap to each other within a 24-hour period for three consecutive days.

  2. 2

    Variant of SnapchatClipping of Snapchat (“user account on Snapchat”).

    “Can we exchange info or something? Maybe we can meet up tomorrow.” “Sure, my Snap is NoWaySims.” “That sounds like a fake account,” Ty said.

    “What’s your Snap?” she says, pulling out her phone, medium-sized with a black sparkly cover that says *That B!tch* in gold letters. “I don’t have Snap,” I say.

    “I’m in. I’m in. We’ll have a lot to coordinate here, so what’s your Snap?” Brady pulled out his phone and waited on my reply. “Yeah, I don’t have Snapchat. I’ll just give you my number.”

verb

  1. 1

    To send a visual message through the Snapchat application.

    “Snap Clark again, Bea,” Madeline said. “Hopefully he’ll send another bathing suit pic.” / Bea smoothed her hair down and sat up straight on the diving board. She sucked in her cheeks, making her lips all pouty, and took a selfie. For someone who didn’t know how to use Snapchat half an hour ago, she was really getting into it. / Two seconds later she held up her phone. “He Snapped back.”

    I said I forgot what good taste he had in music and that I really liked House. He said he did too and ask^([sic]) me if I was on Snapchat? I said I used to be and that I could add it again. The instant I did he Snapped me and said he could really use a good back massage.

Forms

plural
Snaps
past tense
Snapped
past participle
Snapped
present participle
Snapping
third person singular
Snaps
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).