Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb snap_at

1 sense of snap at

Sense 1
snap at, bite off -- (bite off with a quick bite; "The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants")
       => bite, seize with teeth -- (to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her")