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noun
a sudden onset of a relatively brief period of cold weather.
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Also called cold spell .
Origin of cold snap
An Americanism dating back to 1770â80
Words nearby cold snap
cold-rolled, cold rubber, cold shoulder, cold shower, coldslaw, cold snap, cold sore, cold spot, cold start, cold steel, cold storage
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British Dictionary definitions for cold snap
cold snap
noun
a sudden short spell of cold weather
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Other Idioms and Phrases with cold snap
cold snap
Also, 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 âa sudden bite or cutâ to sudden unexpected cold. The variant is more obvious, spell having been used in the sense of âa bout or turn at somethingâ since the early 1700s. [Early 1800s]
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