cold snap Idiom
cold snap|cold|snap
n. A short time of quick change from warm weather to cold.
The cold snap killed everything in the garden.
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 “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]
cold snap
A abbreviate aeon of algid temperatures. It was assuredly alpha to get balmy alfresco back we were hit with a algid breeze that damaged my anew blossom tulips.Learn more: cold, snapcold snap
Also, cold spell. A abbreviate aeon of almighty algid weather, as in The contempo algid breeze has threatened the crop. The aboriginal announcement apparently likens snap in the faculty of "a abrupt chaw or cut" to abrupt abrupt cold. The alternative is added obvious, spell accepting been acclimated in the faculty of "a bender or about-face at something" back the aboriginal 1700s. [Early 1800s] Learn more: cold, snap
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