snapper

IPA: snˈæpɝ

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).

To stumble, to trip.
(figuratively) To fall into error; to make a mistake, and especially to stumble morally.

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.
If snapper is too pricey, I just buy whatever firm fleshed white fish is more reasonable.
Macroclemys, the alligator snapper, is altogether different from Chelydra in terms of what it does and what it can do.
Having a reddish body and fins, blue spots, and white lines along its surface, this snapper is a rather stunning fish indeed.
Pan cooking a thin filet like this little red snapper is the way to go, and there are a few cooking suggestions near the end.
The Blue Jackets responded just over two minutes later on Zherdev's snapper from the slot - his 25th of the season - on a centering pass from Malhotra.
We have very few beach venders, and the ones we have are very non-aggresive salesmen and women, The shrimp and dorado and red snapper is always fresh and delicious!
I don't think many restaurateurs in Mexico, the States, or Canada in general would know what fish they are buying, (even when they fillet a whole fish themselves) "red snapper" is now just a generic term on a menu for white fish, hopefully a bottom fish of the "Rock Cod" persuasion.