snap
Roget category 406
3. Words relating to matter› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation
#406.
[Sudden and violent sounds.]
Snap
noun
snap
etc.
v. —
rapping
etc.
v. —
decrepitation,
crepitation —
report,
thud —
burst,
explosion,
blast,
boom,
discharge,
detonation,
firing,
salvo,
volley.
squib,
cracker,
firecracker,
cherry bomb,
M80,
gun,
cap,
cap gun,
popgun.
implosion.
bomb burst,
atomic explosion,
nuclear explosion
(arms)
727.
[explosive substances]
gunpowder,
dynamite,
gun cotton,
nitroglycerine,
nitrocellulose,
plastic explosive,
plastique,
TNT,
cordite,
trinitrotoluene,
picric acid,
picrates,
mercury fulminate
(arms)
727.
whack,
wham,
pow.
verb
rap,
snap,
tap,
knock,
ping —
click —
clash —
crack,
crackle —
crash —
pop —
slam,
bang,
blast,
boom,
clap,
clang,
clack,
whack,
wham —
brustle† —
burst on the ear —
crepitate,
rump.
blow up,
blow —
detonate.
adjective
rapping
etc.
v..
interjection
kaboom!,
whamo!,
Heewhack!,
pow!,
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