SNAP

See also: snap and Snap

English

Proper noun

SNAP

1. (US) Acronym of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
   • 2023 June 2, Tami Luhby, “Here’s who would have to work for government benefits – and who wouldn’t – under the debt ceiling package”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 13 June 2023:

     Lots of people who are in compliance with the new rules – either because they already work or meet exemption criteria – could lose their assistance because of red tape, said Dottie Rosenbaum, the center’s director of federal SNAP policy.

   • 2025 July 19, Ben Blatt, “Should Food Stamps Pay for Soda?”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 July 2025:

     Most of the current proposals to eliminate soda from SNAP come from reliably Republican states, but the partisan lines aren’t straightforward.

   • 2025 November 3, Samantha Latson, “Houses of Worship Struggle to Feed New Yorkers During SNAP Stalemate”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 November 2025:

     According to the Food Research and Action Center, 39 percent of children, 20 percent of seniors and 10 percent of disabled people across the country depend on SNAP to put food on their tables each month.

2. (networking) Acronym of Subnetwork Access Protocol.
3. (video games, historical) Acronym of Scalable Network Application Package.
4. (electrical engineering) Acronym of Symbolic Network Analysis Program.

Noun

SNAP (plural SNAPs)

1. (biochemistry) Acronym of soluble NSF attachment protein.

Anagrams

• NSPA, ANPs, NPAS, span, naps, PANs, PNAs, pans, APNS, PNAS, SPAN, Pans, Span, NPAs

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English SNAP (“Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program”).

Proper noun

SNAP m

1. Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria; SNAP.
   • 2023 March 1, Alex Leeds Matthews, Han Vu, “¿Quiénes serán los más afectados por la pérdida de los cupones de comida en EE.UU.?”, in CNN en Español‎:

     El motivo es el fin de una política de emergencia por el covid-19 que había aumentado los beneficios del SNAP al nivel máximo para cada destinatario. En 18 estados, esos beneficios adicionales ya habían expirado.

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