snakebite medicinen. inferior whiskey;
strong whiskey; homemade whiskey.
That old-time snakebite medicine is good
for what ails you. Snakebite medicine
is a tremendous protection against snake-
bites if you can get the snake to drink the
stuff before it bites you.
snake eyesn. the two in dice, one spot on
each die. Well, it’s snake eyes again.
That’s all for me. The baby needs shoes,
and all I get is snake eyes.
snake in the grassn. a sneaky and de-
spised person. How could I ever have
trusted that snake in the grass? John is
such a snake in the grass.
snap 1. n. a snapshot. I got some good
snaps of the fish you caught. Here’s a
snap of my brother. 2. in. to go crazy.
Suddenly Rocko snapped and began beat-
ing her savagely. His mind snapped, and
he’s never been right since. 3. asnap n. an
easy thing to do. (Always with ain this
sense.) Nothing to it. It’s a snap. The
whole thing was a snap.
snap coursen. an easy course (in school).
I took a snap course in algebra and
f lunked it. I need at least one snap
course a semester to pass.
Snap it up!exclam. Hurry up! We’re late.
Snap it up! Come on, snap it up! I don’t
have all day.
snap one’s cookiestv. to vomit; to regur-
gitate. I think I’m gonna snap my cook-
ies. Some jerk snapped his cookies on the
sidewalk.
snap out of somethingin. to recover from
something. I’ll snap out of it in a while.
It was an emotional blow, but he’ll snap
out of it in a while.
snapped (up) 1. mod. alcohol intoxicated.
Let’s go out and get ourselves good and
snapped. Pete was snapped up by eight-
thirty. 2. mod. arrested. He got snapped
up on a vag charge. The bacon busted
the joint and snapped everybody in sight.
snappern. a strange person. Wally is sort
of a snapper, but a nice guy. Who is the
snapper with the gumbey haircut?
snappersn. the teeth. (Folksy.) I couldn’t
talk to you on the phone till I got my snap-
pers in. You got a mouthful of fine-
looking snappers.
snappy 1. mod. quick. You can get there
if you’re snappy. Make it snappy. I’m in
a hurry. 2. mod. sharp-looking. That’s
a real snappy outfit you’re wearing.
Who’s driving that snappy car over there?
That car’s not snappy!
snap something uptv. to buy up some-
thing. (See also snapped (up).) Peo-
ple were snapping these things up like hot
cakes. TThe customers snapped up all the
humidifiers on the second day of the cold
spell.
snap to (attention)in. to come to atten-
tion; to look alert immediately. When
they realized what was happening, they be-
gan to snap to. Snap to attention when
the sarge comes in!
Snap to it!exclam. Get busy! Come on,
snap to it! Snap to it, we’ve got lots to do.
snatch 1. tv. to kidnap someone. (Under-
world.) We’re gonna snatch the kid
when the baby-sitter comes out to see what
happened. The mob snatched Mrs.
Davis and held her for ransom. 2. n. a kid-
napping. (Underworld.) The Bradley
snatch had the detectives up all night for
weeks. The snatch went off without a
hitch. 3. tv. to grab something; to steal
something. Snatch me the paper there
on the table as you walk by, would you
please? Somebody snatched my car. 4. n.
a theft. (Underworld.) The snatch went
off without a hitch except that the safe was
empty. Are you the guys who pulled off
that First National snatch? 5. n. women
considered as a receptacle for the penis.
(Rude and derogatory.) The sailor
walked around the port, looking for some
snatch.
snatchedmod. arrested. Everybody in
the crack house got snatched in the bust.
Bruno was snatched for the umpteenth
time yesterday.
snatchern. a police officer; a detective.
(Underworld.) One of the local snatch-
ers came around to see if the door wassnatcher