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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