snappedadj.
/snapt/ 1. Broken with a snap; also colloquial, abrupt, sudden.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > sudden
repentinec1487
repentinous1651
stunt1851
snapped1869
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > broken
broken1383
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pipped1540
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snapped1869
1869 A. J. Evans Vashti xii. 153 Snapped harness, broken carriage, torn flesh, and strained joints.
1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs II. 293 A lively incident which was to put a snapped end to this humbugging.
1900 Daily News 8 Aug. 5/1 A cart..loaded with snapped branches.
2. Of maize: that has been picked without releasing from the husk. U.S.
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1925 R. R. Snapp Beef Cattle 353 The term ‘snapped corn’ is applied to corn that has been gathered with the inner layers of the husks remaining on the ears.
3. Designating matching exposed cards which have prompted the call ‘snap!’ in the game of snap. Cf. snap v. 5g.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > children's or simple games > [adjective] > matching in 'snap'
snapped1935
1935 Encycl. Sports, Games & Pastimes 568/2 The one who calls first obtains all the cards which lie beneath the two snapped ones.
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adj.1869