snapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnæpɚ/
rhymes: -æpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: snappers
form: schnapper
Etymology: From snap + -er.
Senses: examples: a snapper-up of bargains
the snapper of a whip
glosses: One who, or that which, snaps.
examples: text: Heigh-ho ye trawler men come on, forget the snapper and the prawn,
ref: 1971, Harry Robertson, “Ballina Whalers” (lyrics)
roman: And it’s out of Ballina we’ll sail, a-fishing for the Humpback whale.
glosses: Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.
glosses: Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
glosses: Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
A small bluefish.
examples: ref: 1990, Roddy Doyle, The Snapper:
text: I've known him since he was a little snapper.
ref: 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:
glosses: A (human) baby.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
glosses: 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.
examples: text: The police snapper was on his tiptoes, angling for a vertical shot of the body.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 22:
glosses: One who takes snaps; a photographer.
glosses: The snapping turtle.
glosses: The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
glosses: A snap beetle (family Elateridae).
glosses: A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
glosses: A percussive musical instrument consisting of a pair of items to be snapped together; castanet or bones.
glosses: A string bean.
examples: text: At thirty-nine, her snapper was snapping at practically every man that appeared halfway decent and had a pulse.
ref: 2004, Mary B. Morrison, Never Again Once More:
text: Then, get this, when we finished, she grabbed what looked like one of her husband's T-shirts, wiped her snapper, threw it into the back, […]
ref: 2010, Phil Torcivia, Nice Meeting You:
glosses: The vulva.
examples: text: I don't want a pause before the snapper.
ref: 1976, Larry Wilde, How the Great Comedy Writers Create Laughter, page 101:
text: The end should always be a “snapper.” The punchline of a monologue is extremely important. Find a good one.
ref: 2011, Judy Kerr, Acting is Everything:
text: In fact, he began the comic by coming up with the final panel, which he called “the snapper,” and worked backward.
ref: 2018, Michelle Ann Abate, Funny Girls, page 55:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: A punchline.
topics: government
politics
antonyms: anti-snapper
glosses: A supporter of Senator Hill's premature scheduling of the Democratic National Committee convention of 1892.
Hyponyms: sense: Chrysophrys auratus
english: very young
translation: very young
word: cockney
sense: Chrysophrys auratus
english: adolescent
translation: adolescent
word: red bream
sense: Chrysophrys auratus
alt: pre-adult
word: squire
Derived terms: taxonomic: Sistrurus catenatus
word: black snapper
word: Colorado snapper
word: cubera snapper
word: finger-snapper
word: lane snapper
word: long snapper
word: mackerel snapper
word: mahogany snapper
word: mangrove snapper
word: mutton snapper
taxonomic: Chrysophrys auratus
word: pink snapper
word: rafter snapper
word: red snapper
word: snapper biscuit
word: snapper-upper
word: snipper-snapper
word: whippersnapper