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abâ¢rupt /ÉËbrÊpt/USA pronunciation adj. 1  sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure. 2  so short as to be unfriendly or impolite:an abrupt reply. 3  changing suddenly; sharp: an abrupt turn in a road.
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]