Definition of Snap fastener

1. Noun. A fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound. "Children can manage snaps better than buttons"

Exact synonyms: Press Stud, Snap
Generic synonyms: Fastener, Fastening, Fixing, Holdfast

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snap Fastener

snakiest
snakily
snakiness
snakinesses
snaking
snakingly
snakings
snakish
snaky
snap-link
snap-shot
snap at
snap bean
snap cap
snap fastener (current term)
snap finger
snap in
snap inhale
snap inhales
snap it up
snap judgment
snap line
snap of a finger
snap off
snap one's fingers
snap out of
snap pea
snap pizzicato
snap ring

Literary usage of Snap fastener

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tariff Information Surveys on the Articles in Paragraph 1- of the Tariff Act by United States Tariff Commission (1922)
"The other part—the bottom—of the snap fastener is made on a similar machine. ... In the manufacture of the "rivet-on" type of snap fastener, the industry is ..."

2. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1918)
"Press Tools snap fastener Press Tools (78438 A). Victor Brook. Ills. 2500 w. Machy— May, 1917. Tools and operations. Press Tools for Typewriter Ratchets and ..."

3. A Textbook on Retail Selling by Helen Rich Norton (1919)
"... a snap fastener was missing from the girdle, reported it, and the dress was sent to the workroom, where it remained for fifteen or twenty minutes. ..."

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