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snap, crackle and pop

snap, crackle and pop noun: any loud or audible noise.

Noun

snap, crackle and pop

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Any loud or audible noise.
    • With every snap, crackle and pop on the breakfast table the American accent carries farther.1962, Francis Williams, The American Invasion, page 20
  2. (idiomatic, informal) An event or situation that is dynamic or full of lively activity.
    • But the few paragraphs of real information are hard to find in the snap, crackle, and pop of gossip and insult.1977, The New York Review of Books

Questions about snap, crackle and pop

What does snap, crackle and pop mean?
Snap, crackle and pop means any loud or audible noise.
What part of speech is snap, crackle and pop?
Snap, crackle and pop is a noun.

Words near snap, crackle and pop in the dictionary

  1. snap trap
  2. snap traps
  3. snap up
  4. snap zoom
  5. snap zooms
  6. snap, crackle and pop
  7. snap-brim
  8. snap-dragon
  9. snap-dragons
  10. snap-happy
  11. snap-in

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