snap

/snæp/ noun

Definition

SOUND [no plural] › a sudden, short, loud sound like something breaking or closing: I heard a snap as I sat on the pencil.

PHOTOGRAPH [C] UK informal (UK/US snapshot) › a photograph: holiday snaps

FASTENING [C] US (UK popper) › a metal or plastic object made of two parts which fit together with a short, loud sound, used to fasten clothing

GAME [U] › a card game in which you say "snap" when you see two cards that are the same

be a snap US informal › to be very easy: The French test was a snap.

(Definition of snap noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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