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snapped to

snapped to is the simple past and past participle of snap to.

Meaning of snap to

Verb

snap to (third-person singular simple present snaps to, present participle snapping to, simple past and past participle snapped to)

  1. (intransitive) To suddenly give someone one's full attention.
    • There was a young woman in the shop, a rather massively built young woman with muscular calves and a deep chest. She was pointing out the seat of her bicycle to Oscar, who was saying "Uh-huh" and looking more at her than at anything else "It's just a little too far forward […]" Oscar repeated...1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, page 52

Questions about snapped to

What is snapped to the simple past and past participle of?
Snapped to is the simple past and past participle of snap to.

Words near snapped to in the dictionary

  1. snapped in
  2. snapped it up
  3. snapped one's fingers
  4. snapped out of
  5. snapped someone's head off
  6. snapped to
  7. snapped to attention
  8. snapped up
  9. snapper
  10. snapper biscuit
  11. snapper biscuits

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