snapping (root: snap)

POS

Verb (usu participle)

HYPHEN

snap=ping

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CIDE DICTIONARY

snapping, a. & n.

a. & n. from Snap, v. [1913 Webster]

Snapping beetle. (Zoöl.) See Snap beetle, under Snap. -- Snapping turtle. (Zoöl.) (a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle (Chelydra serpentina) common in the fresh waters of the United States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle. (b) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.

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THESAURUS

snapping

awfully, clack, click, crack, cracking, crackle, crackling, crepitant, crepitation, damned, decrepitation, dreadfully, extremely, hugely, rattling, sizzling, snap, spanking, spitting, whacking, whopping

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