snapper
IPA: snˈæpɝ
noun
- One who, or that which, snaps.
- Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.
- (US) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
- (US) A small bluefish.
- (Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.
- (American football) The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
- (US) Small, paper-wrapped item containing a minute quantity of explosive composition coated on small bits of sand, which explodes noisily when thrown onto a hard surface.
- (slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.
- (US, informal) The snapping turtle.
- The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
- A snap beetle (family Elateridae).
- (historical) A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
- (obsolete) A percussive musical instrument consisting of a pair of items to be snapped together; castanet or bones.
- (US, colloquial) A string bean.
- (slang) The vulva.
- (slang, entertainment) A punchline.
- (US politics, historical) A supporter of Senator Hill's premature scheduling of the Democratic National Committee convention of 1892.
- A stumble, a trip.
- An error, a blunder, especially a moral slip-up.
- A hamlet in Goodleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5934).
verb
- To stumble, to trip.
- (figuratively) To fall into error; to make a mistake, and especially to stumble morally.
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Examples of "snapper" in Sentences
- He is the starting long snapper.
- It is also known as the red snapper.
- Leave it to the whipper snappers, then.
- Examples are cod, flounder and snapper.
- The snapper is almost always the center.
- He was a defensive lineman and long snapper.
- The middle lineman is not always the snapper.
- Mainly minnows and the occasional fat snapper.
- The vermilion snapper is often sold as red snapper.
- McGarry is the acting long snapper for the Gophers.
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