cold snap

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Noun

cold snap (plural cold snaps)

1. (idiomatic) A short and sudden period of cold weather.

   Synonyms: cold wave, cold spell

   A recent cold snap damaged citrus crops.

   • 2025 March 5, Richard Wilcock, “In defence of the train drivers”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 30:

     On the day that RAIL meets Mick Whelan, it's during a particularly chilly cold snap. A story has broken in the national press about train drivers refusing to walk to their cabs at Edge Hill depot, because the paths to the trains have not been cleared of snow.

Translations

period of cold weather — see also cold wave

• Catalan: ona de fred f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寒流 (zh) (hánliú)

• Dutch: koudegolf c
• Finnish: pakkasjakso (sub-zero temperature), takatalvi (fi) (especially during spring), kylmäaalto
• French: coup de froid (fr) m, vague de froid (fr) f
• Galician: vaga de frío
• German: Kälteeinbruch (de) m, Kältewelle (de)
• Irish: tréimhse fhuar f
• Northern Sami: buolaš
• Russian: за́морозок (ru) m (zámorozok)
• Spanish: ola de frío f
• Swedish: köldknäpp (sv)

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