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snapping to

snapping to is the present participle and gerund 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 snapping to

What is snapping to the present participle and gerund of?
Snapping to is the present participle and gerund of snap to.

Words near snapping to in the dictionary

  1. snapping out of
  2. snapping scapula syndrome
  3. snapping shrimp
  4. snapping shrimps
  5. snapping someone's head off
  6. snapping to
  7. snapping to attention
  8. snapping turtle
  9. snapping turtles
  10. snapping up
  11. snapping-turtle

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