Definition of "head-snapping" [head-snapping]

• Same as head-hunting. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The year that just ended was characterized by head-snapping turns in asset prices driven by the latest headlines out of Europe or Washington."
• "But Brown's political antennae suddenly tuned in -- "Oh yeah," he must have thought, "I'm AHEAD, I can afford to go all positive if she does" -- and with head-snapping alacrity, he switched direction: "... but if Meg wants to do that, I'll be glad to do that.""
• "This was a year of talented new artists emerging at a head-snapping rate, fledgling musicians expanding their sonic palettes, world music continuing to inform all sorts of contemporary styles, and a few veteran acts seizing the opportunities brought on by the shattering of longstanding categories."