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Definition of 'snapper'

English

Alternative forms

* schnapper (fish)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • One who, or that which, snaps.
    • a snapper -up of trifles
    the snapper of a whip
  • Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
  • # (Australia|New Zealand) The fish , especially an adult of the species.
  • # (US) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
  • (Ireland|slang) A (human) baby.
    • 1990', (Roddy Doyle), '' .
  • (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.
  • A snap beetle.

    • Hyponyms

    * (adolescent), squire (pre-adult)1990''', Richard Allan, ''Australian Fish and How to Catch Them'', ISBN 1-86302-674-6, page 309.'' “Snapper”'', entry in '''1966 , ''An Encyclopedia of New Zealand .

    Related terms

    * pink snapper * red snapper * whippersnapper

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    Similar to 'snapper'

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