SNAPPER

snapper

(noun) any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters

snapper, Chrysophrys auratus

(noun) Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots

cracker, snapper, cracker bonbon

(noun) a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends

snapper

(noun) flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas

center, snapper

(noun) (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; “the center fumbled the handoff”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

snapper (plural snappers)

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.

(Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.

(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.

(US, colloquial) A string bean.

(slang) The vulva.

(slang, entertainment) A punchline.

Hyponyms

• (Chrysophrys auratus): cockney (very young), red bream (adolescent), squire (pre-adult)

Anagrams

• Nappers, nappers, parsnep, presnap

Source: Wiktionary

Snap"per, n.

1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical America.

Note: The red snapper (Lutjanus aya, or Blackfordi) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper (L. griseus) are large and abundant species. The name is loosely applied to various other fishes, as the bluefish, the rosefish, the red grouper, etc. See Rosefish.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.

4. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The green woodpecker, or yaffle.

5. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A snap beetle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition