"snap cap" meaning in English

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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1863 December 18, The Mechanics' Magazine, page 889",
          "text": "1187. B. Lilly. Improvements in the construction of \"snap caps\" or \"nipple protectors\" for firearms. Dated May 12, 1863.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Silvio Calabi, The Gun Book for Boys",
          "text": "Snap caps are dummies (no powder, no primer, no projectile) shaped like the ammunition for a particular gun. They're supposed to provide something for the firing pin to hit during dryfiring, so the gun's lockwork doesn't have to absorb this impact. It's a fine idea, but not all snap caps are made right.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, MAssad Ayoob, Gun Safety in the Home, page 124",
          "text": "However, it does no harm (and may prevent damage) to use snap caps - dummy rounds which are inserted into the chamber to soften the impact of the firing pin.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A dummy round of ammunition used to check ammo feed and other mechanical problems."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(firearms) A dummy round of ammunition used to check ammo feed and other mechanical problems."
      ],
      "topics": [
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        {
          "ref": "1966, Package Engineering, volume 11, page 66",
          "text": "Development of the snap cap for Bufferin pinpoints the Bristol-Myers Products approach to these problems.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Gordon R. Finch, Effect of Various Disinfection Methods on the Inactivation of Cryptosporidium, page 10",
          "text": "After centrifugation, the top dense band (out of three formed following ultracentrifugation) contained the purified oocysts, which were removed using a pipette and placed in 15 mL polypropylene snap cap tubes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Nava Dayan, Formulating, Packaging, and Marketing of Natural Cosmetic Products",
          "text": "The shampoo bottle closures included a screw cap closure considered to be the most vulnerable during use, a flip or snap cap with a circular orifice considered to offer the greatest degree of protection, and a flip cap with a slit orifice whose protective abilities were unknown at the time.",
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        "A cap or cover that snaps into place."
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  "word": "snap cap"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1863 December 18, The Mechanics' Magazine, page 889",
          "text": "1187. B. Lilly. Improvements in the construction of \"snap caps\" or \"nipple protectors\" for firearms. Dated May 12, 1863.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Silvio Calabi, The Gun Book for Boys",
          "text": "Snap caps are dummies (no powder, no primer, no projectile) shaped like the ammunition for a particular gun. They're supposed to provide something for the firing pin to hit during dryfiring, so the gun's lockwork doesn't have to absorb this impact. It's a fine idea, but not all snap caps are made right.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, MAssad Ayoob, Gun Safety in the Home, page 124",
          "text": "However, it does no harm (and may prevent damage) to use snap caps - dummy rounds which are inserted into the chamber to soften the impact of the firing pin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dummy round of ammunition used to check ammo feed and other mechanical problems."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(firearms) A dummy round of ammunition used to check ammo feed and other mechanical problems."
      ],
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        "government",
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        "natural-sciences",
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        "weaponry"
      ]
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          "ref": "1966, Package Engineering, volume 11, page 66",
          "text": "Development of the snap cap for Bufferin pinpoints the Bristol-Myers Products approach to these problems.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Gordon R. Finch, Effect of Various Disinfection Methods on the Inactivation of Cryptosporidium, page 10",
          "text": "After centrifugation, the top dense band (out of three formed following ultracentrifugation) contained the purified oocysts, which were removed using a pipette and placed in 15 mL polypropylene snap cap tubes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Nava Dayan, Formulating, Packaging, and Marketing of Natural Cosmetic Products",
          "text": "The shampoo bottle closures included a screw cap closure considered to be the most vulnerable during use, a flip or snap cap with a circular orifice considered to offer the greatest degree of protection, and a flip cap with a slit orifice whose protective abilities were unknown at the time.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A cap or cover that snaps into place."
      ],
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  "word": "snap cap"
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