SNAPPING Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

snapping

verb

present participle of snap

as in barking

to speak sharply or irritably the shopkeeper finally snapped at one customer who couldn't seem to make up his mind

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as in popping

to break suddenly with an explosive sound the fragile twig snapped in her hands

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as in photographing

to take a photograph of be sure to snap everything you see on your vacation, and then you can show us

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as in changing

to pass from one form, state, or level to another she abruptly snapped alert

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Recent Examples of snapping The Horned Frogs continued their dominance over Baylor with a 17-6 victory last Saturday at McLane Stadium in Waco, snapping the Bears’ four-game winning streak. — Neil Nakahodo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026 Of course, Good couldn’t resist snapping a few of his own photos while on set, which yielded an apropos observation. — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026 Crawford concluded by thanking photographer Sebastián Faena for snapping the photo of Presley. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2026 The Spartans appeared heading toward a win against Northwestern, but the block of Boyd's kick late in the game cost them a chance at snapping their four-game losing streak. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 The researchers believe the design rules could eventually support robots just a few millimeters wide, since the snapping behavior depends on the rod’s geometry. — New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026 Last weekend's game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Philadelphia Eagles at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was a wild one, and one thing that was a headache for the Jags was the long-snapping situation. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 And captured the juiciness of ripe strawberries, snapping the fruit into sweet focus in a pint of strawberry and passion fruit ice cream. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 These new defects let the material keep deforming safely under extreme pressure instead of snapping. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

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Both adult residents of the home were alerted to the fire when their dog began barking, helping wake them up, the fire department said.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
When the group arrived, Jason couldn’t enter the residence because of the barking dogs.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of barking

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In other words, someone who spent $1,000 on what seemed like an outrageous baseball souvenir more than a decade ago could now have the opportunity to bring the whole family to the World Series without paying today's eye-popping resale prices.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
A lot of these names and others like Sam Altman are popping up in popular culture and in Hollywood now.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of popping

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Then be sure to read our guide to photographing meteor showers, along with our picks of the best cameras and lenses for astrophotography.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Petrie kept meticulous notes, recording and photographing all the graves, and brought in medical doctors to analyze human remains, primarily the crania.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026

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Ebola is changing how African governments organize their response, Kaseya said, with Nigeria’s case prompting stronger solidarity across the continent.

— Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
With companies seeking to cut the number of junior hires in the finance function, the traditional pyramid-shape of the function is changing.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of changing

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Kerry McCoy’s guitar juices up a mid-song gallop by abruptly pivoting from big and noisy to compressed and snarling; at the climax, everything cuts out for a second to spotlight a Daniel Tracy drum fill.

— Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
Stepping into the band’s lead guitarist role was Nick Johnston, a forceful presence delivering crisp musical phrases that could be fittingly elegant or snarling.

— Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of snarling

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The two built the models that modern central banks use to stabilize the economy, shifting macro policymakers’ focus from big economic variables like inflation and unemployment to the actual decisions of individuals.

— Dario Marino, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
The attorney characterized the company's earlier responses as providing limited information while shifting blame and responsibility to others.

— Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of shifting

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Combat sequences, set in the Pacific theater and filmed in Australia, look expansive and authentic, weaving around hundreds of soldiers running and shouting and shooting at once.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
The most common type was verbal abuse, including shouting or swearing, which 34% of retail respondents experienced.

— Andrew Adam Newman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of shouting

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Fixing the problem Flexible substrates have uneven surface roughness and varying hydroxyl-group densities, making standard large-area printing techniques ineffective.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
Research from clinical trials that have required female participants only since 1993 have repeatedly drummed home that message, from varying chromosomes in heart muscle cells to different heart attack symptoms and causes.

— Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026