snäpp

Swedish

snäpp n

(colloquial) a step (especially when making some kind of adjustment), (for example) a notch, a peg
Han flyttade ner hyllan i kylskåpet ett snäpp
He moved the shelf in the fridge down one level
(colloquial, figuratively) a (wee) bit
Hemmalaget spelar snäppet bättre (definite form "snäppet" idiomatic)
The home team is playing a bit better

Vädret blev snäppet värre än vad meteorologerna förutspått
The weather turned out a bit worse than the meteorologists had predicted

Olle gjorde fyra mål. Nisse var snäppet värre och gjorde fem.
Olle scored four goals. Nisse was a bit better and scored five. (ironic positive usage of värre (“worse (in the sense of more severe)”), similar to mean and the like in a positive sense in English)

Nu höjer vi svårighetsgraden ett snäpp
Now we're taking the difficulty up a notch

Declension of snäpp