snap button

Click-shut metal disc

A snap button is a fastener consisting of two interlocking discs that click together when pressed and pull apart when tugged.

Common on jackets, baby clothes, and Western shirts: The snap buttons on his pearl-snap shirt gleamed.

Also called a press stud or popper in British English.

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press · click · fabric · jacket · western shirt · onesie · baby clothes · metal · prong · socket · sewing · garment · shirt · cuff · rivet · notions · attach · close

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fastening mechanism type

snap buttonzipper

Toothed closure device

hook and eye · toggle button · buckle · drawstring · hook and loop

fastening permanence

snap buttonwelded joint

Heat-bonded metal connection

Family

snap, button, snaps, snapped, snapping, snapper, snappish, snappy, buttons

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G