snap shot
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A quick shot executed by moving the stick parallel to the ground and ending with a snap of the wrist.
noun
Alternative form of snapshot.
verb
simple past and past participle of snap shoot
Example Sentences
- "But the League One side's early endeavours brought only two well-struck but off-target free-kicks and a snap shot from Rickie Lambert."
- "The other maior shot is the snap shot. It is like a cousin of the wrist shot. It is a little faster than the wrist shot and requires less movement with the stick."
- "Oh, i thought, a mistake, a bad one, a dumb one. i shouldn't have made the snap shot. i took a few more steps, looking for possible new blood from my hasty shot—fearing the worst—and found some."
- "Tentatively, the market sentiment on May 5, 2004 could be described as favoring greater stability around the forward, however with a bias for a dollar depreciation. This is only a snap shot of expectations."
- "The people in the family are alive and dynamic and change whereas the snap shot is a fixed image of how they appeared in the past."