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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Noun.

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Verb.

Snapping beetle

(Zool.)

See

Snap beetle

, under

–

Snapping turtle

(Zool.)

(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

snapping

snapping ‎(plural snappings)

The sound or action of a snap.
- 1947, Karl August Boman, Temporomandibular joint arthrosis and its treatment by extirpation of the disk
  Snappings, audible or palpable, were noted in 45 cases (77 per cent). They were either heard in the course of the examination (about half), or were mentioned in the anamnesis.
The act of snapping at, or speaking sharply to, somebody.
- Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son
  There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.