Scotch catch or Scotch snap noun (music)

A short accented note followed by a longer, not peculiar to Scottish music

Scotch collops plural noun

Minced beef (sometimes called scotched collops)

Scotch cuddy noun (Scot cuddy a donkey; archaic)

A Scotch draper

Scotch curlies plural noun

A variety of kale

Scotch draper noun (archaic)

1. An itinerant dealer differing from a pedlar in not carrying his goods about with him
2. An itinerant draper (also Scotch cuddy)

Scotch egg noun

A hard-boiled egg (often cut in two) enclosed in sausage-meat and covered with breadcrumbs

Scotch elm noun

1. The wych-elm (Ulmus montana)
2. Sometimes the common English elm (Ulmus campestris)

Scotch fiddle noun (archaic)

Scabies (from the movements of the fingers when scratching)

Scotch fir noun

Scots pine (see under Scots)

Scotch hand noun

A wooden bat for manipulating butter

Scotch-Irˈish adjective and plural noun (US)

Irish of Scottish descent

Scotch kale noun

A variety of kale

Scotchˈman noun

1. A Scotsman
2. An old South African name for a florin (from a tradition that a Scotsman passed such coins off to the native people as half-crowns)

Scotch mist noun

1. A fine rain
2. Something insubstantial, a phantom (usu ironic)

Scotch pancake noun

A drop scone

Scotch pebble noun

An agate or similar stone

Scotch pine noun

Scots pine (see under Scots)

Scotch rose noun

The burnet rose (Rosa spinosissima)

Scotch snap noun

A Scotch catch (see above)

Scotch terrier noun

A rough-haired, strongly-built little dog with erect ears (also Scottish terrier, Scottie, Scotty)

Scotch thistle noun

The cotton thistle, national emblem of Scotland (not native)

Scotch verdict noun

Not proven

Scotchˈwoman noun

A Scotswoman

Scotch woodcock noun

Scrambled eggs and anchovies on toast

snap /snap/

intransitive verb (snappˈing; snapped)

1. To make a bite (often with at)
2. To speak tartly in sudden irritation
3. To grasp (with at)
4. To shut suddenly, eg by a spring
5. To make a sharp noise
6. To go with a sharp noise
7. To break suddenly
8. To lose one's temper or self-control (informal)

transitive verb

1. To bite suddenly
2. To seize, secure promptly (usu with up)
3. To answer or interrupt sharply (often with up)
4. To shut with a sharp sound
5. To cause to make a sharp sound
6. To send or put with a sharp sound
7. To say snappishly (sometimes with out)
8. To break suddenly
9. To pass (the ball) from the line of scrimmage back to the quarterback (American football)
10. To take a quick photograph of, esp with a hand-held camera

noun

1. An act, instance, or noise of snapping
2. A small catch or lock
3. An earring (rare)
4. (in pl) a kind of handcuffs
5. A share
6. A scrap
7. A whit
8. A snack
9. A crack
10. A crisp, ginger biscuit (also gingersnap)
11. A quick, crisp, incisive, epigrammatic quality in style
12. Lively energy
13. A brief theatrical engagement (slang)
14. An easy and profitable place or task
15. A sharper, a cheat (old slang)
16. A riveter's or glass-moulder's tool
17. A snapshot
18. A sudden cold spell (also cold snap)
19. A type of card game in which the first player to shout ‘snap’ on spotting a matching pair of cards wins all the cards on the table
20. The play that involves snapping the ball (American football)

adjective

1. Sudden, unexpected
2. Offhand
3. (of a decision or judgement) made on the spur of the moment without deep consideration of all possibilities
4. Snapping shut

adverb

With a snap

interjection

1. Used in claiming cards in the game of snap
2. Also, on meeting or discovering two matching items, circumstances, etc

snappˈer noun

1. An animal that snaps
2. Someone who snaps or snaps up
3. An attachment at the end of a whiplash to make it crack
4. A snapping-turtle
5. Any fish of the family Lutjanidae, related to the basses
6. (also schnapper) any of several highly esteemed food-fish of the family Sparidae, found in Australian and New Zealand waters
7. A photographer (slang)
8. A Christmas or party cracker (N American)

snappˈily adverb

snappˈing noun and adjective

snappˈingly adverb

snappˈish adjective

1. Inclined to snap
2. Quick and tart

snappˈishly adverb

snappˈishness noun

snappˈy adjective

1. Snappish
2. Snapping
3. Having the quality of snap
4. Instantaneous
5. Lively
6. Smart, fashionable, polished (as in snappy dresser)

snap bean noun (N American)

A variety of bean with edible pods

snapˈ-brim adjective

(of a hat) having a brim that turns down springily

snapˈdragon noun

1. A plant (genus Antirrhinum) of the figwort family whose flower when pinched and released snaps like a dragon
2. Another name for flap-dragon (see under flap)

snapˈ-fastener noun

A press-fastener, a press-stud

snapˈ-link noun

A link with a side opening closed by a spring

snappˈing-turtle noun

A large aggressive American freshwater turtle

snap roll noun

An aerobatic manoeuvre in which an aircraft turns in a longitudinal circle while maintaining its flight direction

snapˈshooter noun

snapˈshooting noun

snapˈshot noun

1. A hasty shot
2. A photograph taken quickly and informally, with simple equipment
3. An instant record of an event, situation, etc at a particular time, esp a stage in a process or sequence (figurative; also adjective)
4. A record of the placement of stored data at a specific stage in a program run (computing)

look snappy, make it snappy (informal)

To hurry

Scotch snap see under Scotch

snap into it

To get going quickly

snap one's fingers

To flick a finger and thumb together with a sharp noise, usu to attract attention or peremptorily demand service

snap out of it (informal)

To give (eg a mood or habit) up at once

snap someone's head or nose off

To answer irritably and rudely

snap up

To take or purchase eagerly and quickly