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  • adverb Accompanied by a snapping action or sound

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Examples

  • Though the premise is teeth-snappingly stale and its moral compass seems almost non-existent in this impossibly PC day and age, the film is still entertaining enough to warrant a strong recommendation.

    Five Bloody Graves(1970)/Nurse Sherri (1978) Double Feature 2010

  • Chinese trumpet Lilium ‘Pink Perfection’, head snappingly fragrant.

    Belated Bloom Day Of June-Garden To Jungle In Seven Days « Fairegarden 2010

  • Epic, page snappingly thrilling, not to be missed.

    "January Magazine" review of SHADOW VALLEY Steven Barnes 2009

  • Epic, page snappingly thrilling, not to be missed.

    New this Week: Shadow Valley 2009

  • Read the whole thing, of course, but here's the bestest part emphasis towel-snappingly added:

    The public spanking of Shona Holmes. CC 2009

  • In GTA the havoc was great, but the difficulty of both missions and side-jobs would waver between "trivial" and "controller-snappingly infuriating" with all the predictability and grace of an inebriated hobo.

    Saints Row Greg Tannahill 2009

  • Epic, page snappingly thrilling, not to be missed.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • In GTA the havoc was great, but the difficulty of both missions and side-jobs would waver between "trivial" and "controller-snappingly infuriating" with all the predictability and grace of an inebriated hobo.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Greg Tannahill 2009

  • AND THE RULES, THEY ARE A CHAAAAAANGIN': You'll love this bit emphasis towel-snappingly added:

    It's still "Senator Franken" to you. CC 2009

  • She sat down in a sort of stupor, and paid no heed to the squabbling children who pulled at her gown, or the dogs who sniffed snappingly at the stranger.

    Mae Madden Mary Murdoch Mason

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