snap-on
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of snap-on
First recorded in 1920–25; adj. use of verb phrase snap on
Example Sentences
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Some other brands have created snap-on adapters to give or sell to their customers for Supercharger access.
From Los Angeles Times
Someone at the start of a promising career in journalism who is so aggressively flattering and greasily evasive, with a snap-on, snakelike, aw-shucks smile, has got to have a scheme up his sleeve.
From New York Times
It works with an external battery pack that has a two-hour capacity and connects to the device through a snap-on cable.
From Reuters
It’s not great at everything it does — the OS is sluggish and the snap-on webcam is pretty so-so — but it could be a good buy if you want to save space and buy one display instead of two.
From The Verge
And there’s also a little plastic snap-on cover for the lenses, which I greatly appreciate.
From The Verge
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