snap back
See also: snapback
English
Etymology
First attested in the first half of 1900s (sense 1).
Pronunciation
- enPR: snăp′ băk′
- Hyphenation: snap back
Verb
snap back (third-person singular simple present snaps back, present participle snapping back, simple past and past participle snapped back or (obsolete) snapt back)
- (idiomatic) To recover quickly.
- Synonyms: convalesce, recover, recuperate
- (figurative) To answer sharply.
Translations
to recover quickly
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to answer sharply
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See also
- answer; backfire; boomerang; bounce back (bounce + back), bounce, bound; cannon, carom; come back at (come + back + at); kick back (kick + back), kick; react, rebound, recoil; reply, respond; ricochet, riposte; spring
References
- “snap back” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025, retrieved 26 August 2025.
Further reading
- “snap back”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.