To snap back (Football), to roll the ball back with the foot; -- done
only by the center rush, who thus delivers the ball to the quarter back
on his own side when both sides are ranged in line. -- To snap off. (a)
To break suddenly. (b) To bite off suddenly.
Snap, v. i. 1. To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly;
as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps.
But this weapon will snap short, unfaithful to the hand that
employs it.
Burke.
2. To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as,
blazing firewood snaps.
3. To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch
eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger;
a fish snaps at the bait.
4. To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as, to snap at
a child.