snap
adjective/snæp/
/snæp/
[only before noun]- made or done quickly and without careful thought or preparation
- It was a snap decision.
- They held a snap election.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySnap is used with these nouns:- decision
- judgement
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the senses ‘make a sudden audible bite’ and ‘quick sharp biting sound’): probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German snappen ‘seize’; partly imitative.
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