The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SNAP which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2003.
Type of fastener crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
SNAP | 29 % | 4 |
HASP | 14 % | 4 |
TOGGLE | 14 % | 6 |
UBOLT | 14 % | 5 |
TNUT | 14 % | 4 |
ZIPPER | 14 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Type of fastener
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- zipper
- button
- snap
- hook
- velcro
- pin down
- pinned
- tack
- convulsion
- pinning
- cord
- hooking
Crossword Answer definitions
SNAP noun- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- A sudden break.
- An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- The act of making a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm.
- A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- A photograph; a snapshot.
- The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
- A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
- A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
- (somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
- A greedy fellow.
- That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
- Briskness; vigour; energy; decision
- Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.
- Something that is easy or effortless.
- A snapper, or snap beetle.
- Jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- Something of no value.
- A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
- A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
- A tool used by riveters.
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- A brief theatrical engagement.
- An easy and profitable place or task; a sinecure.
- A cheat or sharper.
- To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.
- To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- To speak abruptly or sharply.
- To give way abruptly and loudly.
- To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
- To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- To say abruptly or sharply.
- To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
- To cause something to emit a snapping sound.
- To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
- To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
- To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
- To misfire.
- To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
- Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation.
- The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
- By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
- Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).
- Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
- Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SNAP
- One of the Rice Krispies sounds
- A Rice Krispies sound
- Coat closer
- Kind of cookie
- Lose it
- Sodium hydroxide
- Cookie variety
- Crackle's colleague
- Fastener
- Jacket fastener
More clues leading to the result HASP
- A pin can go through it
- Door clasp
- Door fastener
- Fastener
- Hardware on a barn door
- Metal fastener
- A pin may go through it
- Briefcase closer
- Hinged fastener
- Padlock mate
More clues leading to the result TOGGLE
- Kind of switch
- On-off switch, e.g.
- Switch part
- Flip, as a switch
- Coat fastener
- Go back and forth
- Flip back and forth, as an on-off switch
- Alt-tab function
- On/off switch
- On-off switch
More clues leading to the result UBOLT
- Horseshoe-shaped piece of hardware
- Common bike lock type
- Heavy-duty construction lock
- Kind of fastener
- Bent fastener
- Hardware with a bend
- Horseshoe-shaped fastener
- Horseshoe-shaped iron bar
- Fastener shaped like a horseshoe
- Metal fastener
More clues leading to the result TNUT
- Bolt holder
- Hardware fastener
- Construction piece
- Carpenter's item
- Construction fastener
- Threaded metal fastener
- Hardware item
- Fastener with an anchor
- Small hardware store purchase
- Threaded fastener