Clamp
(n.) Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together |
Clamp
(n.) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together. |
Clamp
(n.) A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen. |
Clamp
(n.) One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising. |
Clamp
(n.) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams. |
Clamp
(n.) A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned |
Clamp
(n.) A mollusk. See Clam. |
Clamp
(v. t.) To fasten with a clamp or clamps |
Clamp
(v. t.) To cover, as vegetables, with earth. |
Clamp
(n.) A heavy footstep |
Clamp
(v. i.) To tread heavily or clumsily |
Snap
(n.) To break at once |
Snap
(n.) To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound. |
Snap
(n.) To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth. |
Snap
(n.) To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words |
Snap
(n.) To crack |
Snap
(n.) To project with a snap. |
Snap
(v. i.) To break short, or at once |
Snap
(v. i.) To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise |
Snap
(v. i.) To make an effort to bite |
Snap
(v. i.) To utter sharp, harsh, angry words |
Snap
(v. i.) To miss fire |
Snap
(v. t.) A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance. |
Snap
(v. t.) A sudden, eager bite |
Snap
(v. t.) A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger. |
Snap
(v. t.) A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip |
Snap
(v. t.) A greedy fellow. |
Snap
(v. t.) That which is, or may be, snapped up |
Snap
(v. t.) A sudden severe interval or spell |
Snap
(v. t.) A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc. |
Snap
(v. t.) A snap beetle. |
Snap
(v. t.) A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger |
Snap
(v. t.) Briskness |
Snap
(v. t.) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. |
Snip-snap
(n.) A tart dialogue with quick replies. |
Snip-snap
(a.) Quick |
centering
snap | (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back, the quarterback fumbled the snap |
catch
grab
snatch
snap | the act of catching an object with the hands, Mays made the catch with his back to the plate, he made a grab for the ball before it landed, Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away, the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion |
| snap roll | a fast roll |
| snap | the act of snapping the fingers, movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand, he gave his fingers a snap |
cinch breeze
picnic
snap duck soup
child's play
pushover
walkover
piece of cake | any undertaking that is easy to do, marketing this product will be no picnic |
| bench clamp | a clamp used to hold work in place on a workbench |
carabiner
karabiner
snap ring | an oblong metal ring with a spring clip, used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes |
| Clamp | a clamp in the shape of the letter C |
chalk line
snap line
snapline | a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface |
clamp
clinch | a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together |
pipe vise
pipe clamp | a clamp for holding pipe that is to be cut or threaded |
snap
snap fastener
press stud | a fastener used on clothing, fastens with a snapping sound, children can manage snaps better than buttons |
| snap brim | a brim that can be turned up and down on opposite sides |
| snap-brim hat | a hat with a snap brim |
snapshot
snap shot | an informal photograph, usually made with a small hand-held camera, my snapshots haven't been developed yet, he tried to get unposed shots of his friends |
elasticity
snap | the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed, the waistband had lost its snap |
| snap | a sudden breaking |
crack
cracking
snap | a sudden sharp noise, the crack of a whip, he heard the cracking of the ice, he can hear the snap of a twig |
| snap | the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand, servants appeared at the snap of his fingers |
gingersnap
ginger snap
snap
ginger nut | a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger |
| sugar snap pea | green peas with edible pods that are very crisp and not flat |
snap bean
snap | tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections |
sugar snap pea
snap pea | variety of pea plant producing peas having crisp rounded edible pods |
crack willow
brittle willow
snap willow
Salix fragilis | large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken |
cold spell
cold snap | a spell of cold weather |
| snap | a spell of cold weather, a cold snap in the middle of May |
| snap back | recover quickly, After the surgery, the patient snapped back in a few days |
snap
crack | break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension, The pipe snapped |
| snap | close with a snapping motion, The lock snapped shut |
| clamp down a crack down | repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable), The police clamped down on illegal drugs |
| clamp | impose or inflict forcefully, The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital |
snap
snarl | utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone, The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer, The guard snarled at us |
photograph
snap shoot | record on photographic film, I photographed the scene of the accident, She snapped a picture of the President |
snap click
flick | cause to make a snapping sound, snap your fingers |
| break break off snap off | break a piece from a whole, break a branch from a tree |
| clamp | fasten or fix with a clamp, clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened |
| snap | put in play with a snap, snap a football |
snatch
snatch up
snap | to grasp hastily or eagerly, Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone |
snap at
bite off | bite off with a quick bite, The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants |
| snap | bring the jaws together, he snapped indignantly |
tear
rupture
snap bust | separate or cause to separate abruptly, The rope snapped, tear the paper |
break down
lose it
snap | lose control of one's emotions, When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely, When her baby died, she snapped |
snap
click | move or strike with a noise, he clicked on the light, his arm was snapped forward |
| snap | move with a snapping sound, bullets snapped past us |
snap
crack | make a sharp sound, his fingers snapped |
snap up
snaffle
grab | get hold of or seize quickly and easily, I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale |