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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. crackle, rapping, pop, crack, report, clap, smack; vigor, pep, verve, dash, élan; smartness, spruceness, crispness; spell (of weather); informal, sinecure, cinch, soft job. —v. break, crack, crackle; knock, rap, tap; snarl, bark, scold; bite, nip. See disjunction, discourtesy, sound, brittleness.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Fastener]

Syn. clasp, fastening, catch; see fastener .

2. [*Cinch]

Syn. easy job, ease, no problem, breeze.

v.

Syn. catch, clasp, lock; see close 4 , fasten 1 .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. crack crackle, pop.

2. *cinch *child's play, *breeze, no problem, *walk on the beach.

3. fastener clip, buckle, catch.

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v.

1. crack crackle, pop, click.

2. collapse break, crack, fracture, burst, give way.

3. bite nip, lunge at.

4. lash out yell, bark, roar, shout, scream.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To make a light, sharp noise: clack, click. See SOUNDS. 2. To make a sudden sharp, explosive noise: bang, bark, clap, crack, pop1. See SOUNDS. 3. To give way mentally and emotionally: break (down), collapse, crack. Informal: crack up, fold. See EXPLOSION. 4. To grasp at (something) eagerly, forcibly, and abruptly with the jaws: catch, nip1, snatch, strike. See REACH. 5. To speak abruptly and sharply: bark, snarl1. Idioms: bite someone's head off, snap someone's head (or nose) off. See WORDS. 6. To move or cause to move with a sudden abrupt motion: jerk, lurch, twitch, wrench, yank. See MOVE, PUSH. II noun 1. A light, sharp noise: clack, click. See SOUNDS. 2. A sudden sharp, explosive noise: bang, bark, clap, crack, explosion, pop1, rat-a-tat-tat, report. See SOUNDS. 3. A sudden motion, such as a pull: jerk, lurch, tug, twitch, wrench, yank. See MOVE, PUSH. 4. Informal. A quality of active mental and physical forcefulness: dash, punch, starch, verve, vigor, vigorousness, vim, vitality. Idiom: vim and vigor. See ACTION, TIRED. 5. An easily accomplished task: child's play, cinch, pushover, walkaway, walkover. Informal: breeze. Slang: duck soup. See EASY. III adjective 1. Spoken, performed, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, improvised, offhand, spur-of-the-moment, unrehearsed. Informal: off-the-cuff. See PREPARED. 2. Informal. Posing no difficulty: easy, effortless, facile, simple, smooth. Idioms: easy as ABC, easy as falling off a log, easy as one-two-three, easy as pie, like taking candy from a baby, nothing to it. See EASY.