snap to en · VERB
Etymology
Ellipsis of snap to attention.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To suddenly give someone one's full attention.
There was a young woman in the shop, a rather massively built young woman with muscular calves and a deep chest. She was pointing out the seat of her bicycle to Oscar, who was saying "Uh-huh" and looking more at her than at anything else "It's just a little too far forward […]" Oscar repeated, "Uh-huh" automatically, then snapped to. "Fix it in a jiffy," he said […]
1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, page 52:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| snapped to | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| snapped to | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| snaps to | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| snapping to | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |