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the smallest applause, performed by one hand against itself
means To make a sudden sharp sound or movement — a quick crack, break, bite, or finger-click — or, by extension, to lose one's composure all at once.
from An echo word: 'snap' came into English in the 1400s–1500s from the Dutch or Low German 'snappen,' meaning to bite or seize suddenly. It's onomatopoeic at heart — the word is built to sound like the brisk crack it names, a cousin of 'snip,' 'snub,' and the eager 'snack' (also 'a bite'). From the literal bite came every later snap: the breaking twig, the dog's jaws, the camera shutter, and the temper that gives way without warning.
- speed
- fingers exceed 7 meters per second mid-snap
- physics
- friction, not contact, makes the sound
- thanos tax
- erased half of all life, lazily
- turtle weapon
- alligator snapping turtles snap jaws shut explosively
- crocodile dundee
- replaced applause in poetry slams since 1990s
snap elections uk 2017 — theresa may called a surprise general election on june 8, 2017
snap elections india 1998 — atal bihari vajpayee dissolved parliament for early elections after budget defeat