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Search phrase: snap

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Henry IV Part 22H4 III.ii.320reason in the law of nature but I may snap at him. Letreason, in the Law of Nature, but I may snap at him. Let
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.i.56sweet touch, a quick venue of wit! Snip, snap, quicksweet tutch, a quicke venewe of wit, snip snap, quick
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.v.45Goodly Lord, what a wit-snapper are you!Goodly Lord, what a witte-snapper are you,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.v.2Speak, breathe, discuss; brief, short, quick, snap.speake, breathe, discusse: breefe, short, quicke, snap.
Much Ado About NothingMA V.i.114We had like to have had our two noses snappedWee had likt to haue had our two noses snapt
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iii.25am, littered under Mercury, was likewise a snapper-upam) lytter'd vnder Mercurie, was likewise a snapper-vp

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Glossary

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cracksplit asunder, snap
flap-dragons[game of bravado] snap-dragons: small burning objects floating on liquor, which have to be avoided while drinking; or: edible objects floating on burning liquor, to be seized and eaten
snatchsnap, bite
wit-snapperwisecracker, smart aleck

Thesaurus

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snapcrack
snapsnatch
snap-dragonsflap-dragons

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SNAPBASICsnap n, snap v
SNAPPEOPLEsnapper-up n, wit-snapper n
UPPEOPLEsnapper-up n
WITPEOPLEwit-snapper n

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