snap
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3.2
- noun
- /snæp/
:
broche a presión
- They were blue and it was just the shirt was always a children's shirt and it had snaps on it even when I'd already grown up.
- snaps and hooks
I had to take it off, but I've lost my snap.
- I had to take it off, but I've lost my snap.
Examples
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The bags that I am using this year are heavyweight clear plastic and have handles that snap shut.
Academic text (2006) -
It's an all-snap shirt where the snaps look like buttons.
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Mother, could you help me with this snap, please?
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I can no longer close the snap on my size 8 high school jeans.
Blog text (30) -
Roy took the money and stuffed it into one of the snap pockets of his brown leather jacket.
Academic text (2007) -
Now, that's what the little silver snaps are for.
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Yeah, well, these vintage snaps are very sensitive, and I don't want to tear the dress.
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Then the Travis guy opened the bag further to show Stipe a collection of plaid snap-front shirts.
Fiction book (2001) -
In the dressing room, they changed into athletic warm-up pants with snaps on the legs supplied by the researcher.
Academic text (2006) -
She fastened her coat with the shiny snap at the neck.
Synonyms
1
3.4
A small thing on clothes or bags that joins two pieces by pressing two round parts together
A small fastener that snaps clothes closed
Idioms
- Offensive
To speak to someone in a sudden angry way without good reason
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.4
A small thing on clothes or bags that joins two pieces by pressing two round parts together
- Specialized
1
5.6
A string with chalk on it that you stretch and snap to mark a straight line
- Specialized
1
9.0
A very quick, complete rotation of a plane around its nose-to-tail line while flying straight
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Snap for a fastener is named after the small sharp sound it makes when it closes, so the fastener is called a snap because it snaps shut.