Snapper

Alternative forms

• schnapper fish

Full definition of snapper

Noun

1. One who, or that which, snaps.a snapper-up of triflesthe snapper of a whip
2. Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
1. (Australia, New Zealand) The fish , especially an adult of the species; the young are called cockney, then red bream, then squire, before reaching adulthood. 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.
2. (US) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
3. (Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.1990, Roddy Doyle, The Snapper (novel).
4. (American football) The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
5. (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.
6. (slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.
7. (US, informal) The snapping turtle.
8. The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
9. A snap beetle.

Related terms

• pink snapper
• red snapper
• whippersnapper

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• nappers