elastic snaps
Frequency: 6.27.8 per million words
When the elastic breaks suddenly and audibly.
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Examples (10)
- If you pull it too hard, the elastic snaps.
- The old elastic in my waistband suddenly snapped with a loud crack.
- I was stretching the cord when the elastic snapped and hit my hand.
- Be careful, the elastic on this old luggage strap has snapped before.
- I heard a sharp sound and realized the elastic on my mask had snapped.
- The constant tension caused the cheap elastic to snap after just a few uses.
- You could almost hear the old elastic snapping as I stretched the fabric.
- The hair tie was so old that the elastic snapped as soon as I tried to use it.
- He stretched the resistance band until the elastic finally snapped.
- This material is designed so the elastic won't snap even under extreme pressure.