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Synonyms

bawdiness, coarseness, dirt, dirtiness, filth, filthiness, foulness, grossness, indecency, lewdness, nastiness, obscenity, ribaldry, vulgarity—more at OBSCENITY

smutch noun : SMUDGE

smut·ty adjective smut·ti·er; -est : soiled or tainted with smut : not decent

Synonyms

bawdy, coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, indecent, lascivious, lewd, nasty, obscene, pornographic, ribald, unprintable, vulgar, wanton—more at OBSCENE

Sn symbol [ORIGIN: LL stannum]

tin

SN abbreviation seaman

snack noun : a light meal : BITE

snaf·fle noun : a simple jointed bit for a horse's bridle

1snag noun 1 : a stump or piece of a tree esp. when under water

2 : an unexpected difficulty

Synonyms

booby trap, catch, pitfall—more at PITFALL

2snag verb snagged; snag·ging 1 : to become caught on or as if on a snag

2 : to seize quickly : SNATCH

snail noun : any of numerous small gastropod mollusks with a spiral shell into which they can withdraw

snake noun 1 : any of numerous long-bodied limbless reptiles

2 : a treacherous person

3 : something that resembles a snake

— snaky adjective

Synonyms

beast, boor, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, jerk, joker, louse, lout, skunk, slob—more at JERK

snake·bite noun : the bite of a snake and esp. a venomous snake

1snap verb snapped; snap·ping 1 : to grasp or slash at something with the teeth

2 : to get or buy quickly — usu. used with up

3 : to utter sharp or angry words

4 : to break suddenly with a sharp sound

5 : to give a sharp cracking noise

6 : to throw with a quick motion

7 : FLASH

8 : to put a football into play

9 : to take photographically

— snap·per noun

— snap·py adjective

Synonyms

usually snap up [2] catch, collar, grab, nab, seize

[9] mug, photograph, shoot—more at PHOTOGRAPH

2snap noun 1 : the act or sound of snapping

2 : something very easy to do : CINCH

3 a : a short period of cold weather

b : a small amount

4 : a catch or fastening that closes with a click

5 : a thin brittle cookie

6 : a pleasing vigorous quality : ENERGY; also : smartness of movement

7 : the putting of the ball into play in football

8 : a casual photograph : SNAPSHOT

Synonyms

[1] bang, blast, boom, clap, crack, crash, pop, report, slam, smash, thwack, whack—more at CLAP

[2] breeze, child's play, cinch, picnic, pushover—more at CINCH

[6] dash, drive, energy, ginger, go, hardihood, life, pep, sap, vigor, vim, vitality, zing, zip—more at VIGOR

3snap adjective 1 : done, made, or carried through suddenly or without deliberation

2 : unusually easy or simple

Synonyms

[1] ad-lib, extemporaneous, impromptu, offhand, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unrehearsed—more at EXTEMPORANEOUS

[2] easy, effortless, facile, fluent, fluid, light, painless, ready, simple, smooth, soft—more at EASY

snap back verb : to make a quick or vigorous recovery

Synonyms

convalesce, gain, heal, mend, rally, recover, recuperate—more at CONVALESCE

snap bean noun : a bean grown primarily for its long pods that are cooked as a vegetable when young and tender

snap·drag·on noun : any of a genus of herbs with long spikes of showy flowers

snapping turtle noun : either of two large American turtles with powerful jaws and a strong musky odor

snap·pish adjective : given to curt irritable speech

Synonyms

choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, crotchety, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, irritable, peevish, perverse, petulant, short-tempered, snappy, snippy, testy, waspish—more at IRRITABLE

snap·py adjective snap·pi·er; -est 1 : given to curt irritable speech

2 : quickly made or done; also : marked by vigor or liveliness

3 : briskly cold

4 : having style

Synonyms

[2] fast, hasty, quick, rapid, speedy, swift

[2] active, brisk, energetic, lively, peppy, spirited, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious—more at LIVELY

[4] à la mode, chic, fashionable, in, modish, sharp, smart, stylish—more at STYLISH

snap·shot noun : a photograph taken usu. with an inexpensive hand-held