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cold snap
cold snap n (Physical Geography) a sudden short spell of cold weather cold′ snap`
n. a sudden, relatively brief period of cold weather. Also called cold′ spell`. [1770–80, Amer.] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | cold snap - a spell of cold weathercold spellwhile, spell, patch, piece - a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather" |
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cold snapA short period of cold temperatures. It was finally beginning to get warm outside when we were hit with a cold snap that damaged my newly blossoming tulips.See also: cold, snapcold snapAlso, cold spell. A short period of unusually cold weather, as in The recent cold snap has threatened the crop. The first expression presumably likens snap in the sense of "a sudden bite or cut" to sudden unexpected cold. The variant is more obvious, spell having been used in the sense of "a bout or turn at something" since the early 1700s. [Early 1800s] See also: cold, snapcold snap
Synonyms for cold snapnoun a spell of cold weatherSynonymsRelated Words |