snap at

1. 1.

   bite off with a quick bite

   “The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants”

   Synonymsbite off

   Broaderbite

Questions about snap at

What does snap at mean?

snap at means "bite off with a quick bite".

What is another word for snap at?

Close synonyms include bite off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is snap at a common word?

snap at is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.