pull-tab

English

Noun

pull-tab (plural pull-tabs)

1. The flexible piece of metal on top of a beverage can (for soda pop, beer, etc.) that opens the can when pressed, thus obviating any can opener or church key.

   Coordinate term: pop-top (originally a coordinate type, but nowadays broadly synonymous, all referring to the newer type)

2. A ticket for a pull-tab game.

Translations

Translations

Chinese: Mandarin: 拉環 / 拉环 (zh) (lāhuán) Serbo-Croatian: sntntn m (colloquial) Slovene: cntntn m (colloquial), sntntn m (colloquial)

See also

• beer can
• crack open