snapper
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: American-football
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Middle Dutch snappen
Dutch snappenbor.
Low German snappenbor.
English snap
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English snapper
From snap + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: snappers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: schnapper
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: snappers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: snappering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: snappered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: snappered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: One who, or that which, snaps.
pos: noun
examples: a snapper-up of bargains
the snapper of a whip
gloss: Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
examples: Heigh-ho ye trawler men come on, forget the snapper and the prawn,
gloss: Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: A (human) baby.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
slang
examples: I've known him since he was a little snapper.
gloss: The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: One who takes snaps; a photographer.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: The police snapper was on his tiptoes, angling for a vertical shot of the body.
gloss: The snapping turtle.
pos: noun
tags: US
informal
gloss: The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
pos: noun
gloss: A snap beetle (family Elateridae).
pos: noun
gloss: A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A percussive musical instrument consisting of a pair of items to be snapped together; castanet or bones.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A string bean.
pos: noun
tags: US
colloquial
gloss: The vulva.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: At thirty-nine, her snapper was snapping at practically every man that appeared halfway decent and had a pulse.
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, […]
gloss: A punchline.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: I don't want a pause before the snapper.
The end should always be a “snapper.” The punchline of a monologue is extremely important. Find a good one.
In fact, he began the comic by coming up with the final panel, which he called “the snapper,” and worked backward.
gloss: A supporter of Senator Hill's premature scheduling of the Democratic National Committee convention of 1892.
pos: noun
tags: US
historical
gloss: To stumble, to trip.
pos: verb
gloss: To fall into error; to make a mistake, and especially to stumble morally.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: A curate in specyall
To snappar and to fall
Into this opyn cryme
Derived words: black snapper
Colorado snapper
cubera snapper
finger-snapper
lane snapper
long snapper
mackerel snapper
mahogany snapper
mangrove snapper
mutton snapper
pink snapper
rafter snapper
red snapper
snapper biscuit
snapperhead
snapper-upper
snipper-snapper
whippersnapper
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