Tear
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A hole or break caused by tearing. A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. To remove by tearing. to demolish To become torn, especially accidentally. To move at excessive speed. To produce tears
Example sentence: The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress, spirituality, and value in order to transform them from their subjective form into the form of a purely objective life.
Snap
Part of speech: interjection
Definition: The winning cry at a game of snap.Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same." or similarSynonym: "same here", "I like you." "Snap!", "I like you, too."
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.A sudden break.An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.The act of making a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and a opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm.A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.A photograph (an abbreviation of snapshot)The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.A thin circular cookie or similar good:A brief, sudden period of a certain weather;A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.The passing of a football from the center to a back that begins play, a hike.A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.Food; especially, a packed meal.A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To fracture or break apart suddenly.To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.To attempt to seize with eagerness.To speak abruptly or sharply.To give way abruptly and loudly.To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.To flash or appear to flash as with light.To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.To snatch with or as if with the teeth.To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.To say abruptly or sharply.To cause something to emit a snapping sound, such as a fastener.To close something using a snap as a fastener.To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and aa opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm.To cause to move suddenly and smartly.To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).To pass the ball from the center to a back; to hike the ball.
Example sentence: I have this rubber band that I have all the time on my wrist, and sometimes when I get nervous or anxious, I'll do this twiddle thing with my finger and I'll snap the rubber band. A lot of people use rubber bands to cope with things like anxiety and depression and addiction.