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How to use snapper in a sentence

32 example sentences · noun, verb

Snapper means one who, or that which, snaps. Example: “I've known him since he was a little snapper.”

Examples of snapper by meaning

nounOne who, or that which, snaps.

  • a snapper-up of bargains
  • the snapper of a whip

nounThe fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.

  • Heigh-ho ye trawler men come on, forget the snapper and the prawn,1971, Harry Robertson, “Ballina Whalers” (lyrics)

nounA (human) baby.

  • I've known him since he was a little snapper.2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport

nounOne who takes snaps; a photographer.

  • The police snapper was on his tiptoes, angling for a vertical shot of the body.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 22

nounThe vulva.

  • At thirty-nine, her snapper was snapping at practically every man that appeared halfway decent and had a pulse.2004, Mary B. Morrison, Never Again Once More

nounA punchline.

  • I don't want a pause before the snapper.1976, Larry Wilde, How the Great Comedy Writers Create Laughter, page 101
  • The end should always be a “snapper.” The punchline of a monologue is extremely important.2011, Judy Kerr, Acting is Everything
  • In fact, he began the comic by coming up with the final panel, which he called “the snapper,” and worked backward.2018, Michelle Ann Abate, Funny Girls, page 55

More sentences with snapper

  • Last night was a 'rafter snapper', as my grandparents would say.2023, BracedRhombus, Reddit. From the entry rafter snapper
  • "'S what the old-timers call a real 'rafter snapper'", Frank said.2018, Rick Hautala, Winter Wake. From the entry rafter snapper
  • Cubera snappers, whether Atlantic or Pacific, are the giants of the snapper family.2015, Tom Boyd, Salt Water's Greatest Gamefish. From the entry cubera snapper
  • Barramundi, bream, flounder, garfish, John Dory, snapper and Silver Dory are suitable for this recipe.2012, Shirley Cameron, Cooking the Australian Way, 8th edition, South Yarra, Vic.: Macmillan Education Australia, →ISBN, page 265. From the entry dory
  • Tropical freshwater snappers are highly prized for food and have economic value through recreational fisheries.2011, Johann Bell, Johanna Johnson, Alistair James Hobday, Vulnerability of Tropical Pacific Fisheries and Aquaculture to Climate Change…. From the entry spottail bass
  • Eighty percent of the bluelined snapper were infected with protozoa in the spleen.2008, The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States, page 6. From the entry bluelined
  • However, sources believe the feisty snappers have already wounded guardsmen, policemen, footmen and the royal clockwinder.1988 December 20, “Queen's pooches seeing a shrink after nipping spree”, in Weekly World News, page 13. From the entry clockwinder
  • As I drew up the captain's snapper this amberjack came to the surface, and I certainly yelled.1925, Zane Grey, Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas, published 2000, page 111. From the entry amberjack
  • Prominent species include mangrove jack Lutjanus argentimaculatus, Papuan black bass L. goldiei, spot-tail bass L. fuscescens, and Moses snapper L. russellii.2011, Johann Bell, Johanna Johnson, Alistair James Hobday, Vulnerability of Tropical Pacific Fisheries and Aquaculture to Climate Change…. From the entry spottail bass
  • Operators should try to avoid the temptation of prepreparing the snapper and then storing the portions in a freezer.2008, Andrew H. Feinstein, John M. Stefanelli, Purchasing: Selection and Procurement for the Hospitality Industry, page 516. From the entry preprepare
  • Like the dhufish, the pink snapper is high up on the list of popular species that anglers love to catch.2006, Kurt Blanksby, Fishing Guide to Western Australia, Revised edition, page 52. From the entry pink snapper
  • Only Jed and an agency snapper know the details.2006 August 12, Tamzin Lightwater, “Diary of a Notting Hill Nobody - 11 August 2006”, in The Spectator, archived from the original on 16…. From the entry shad cab
  • Snapper has a pair of black socks with his docksiders.2005, James Frey, My Friend Leonard, →ISBN. From the entry docksider
  • Cooper’s was also a fishmonger, with rows of porgies, snapper, and flounder on ice that slowly melted and dribbled pink water into white buckets.2023, Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, Fleet, pages 244-245. From the entry porgy
  • My suggestion was to go ahead and walk-on and try out as a kicker but to tell them that he was also a long snapper.2019, Don Osborne, Was It All Just for Kicks?. From the entry long snapper
  • Fans rarely see the name of the long snapper, but he's the next most important player on special teams behind the punter or kicker.2012, Greg Jacobs, The Everything KIDS' Football Book. From the entry long snapper
  • But long snapper Steve Schmidt hit upback Bryan Crawford with the snap and Jason Arakgi recovered for the Lions at the Argo eight.2009 September 20, Chris Zelkovich, “Disastrous start too much for Argos”, in Toronto Star. From the entry upback
  • The main item on the Kiwi table was still snapper, and there was plenty of them, caught by the Kiwis themselves, so no shortage whatsoever.2007, Archie Gerzee, WOW! Tales of a Larrikin Adventurer, page 141. From the entry flake
  • Bring it to me, snapper head.'"2002, Destiny of the Soul, Heywood Steele, →ISBN, page 198. From the entry snapperhead
  • Usually 2–3.5 metres in length, double-handed spinning rods are ideal for tackling slightly larger fish, including tailor, salmon (hahawai), trevally, flathead, snapper, barramundi, and Murray cod.2010, Steve Starling, Fishing For Dummies, →ISBN. From the entry double-handed
  • She liked bangamary, tilapia, lukanani, and snapper, but the river fish with the dark curved scales—hassar or cascadoo, as the Trinidadians called it—was a delicacy for special occasions.2008, Godfrey Wray, Beyond Revenge, page 95. From the entry bangamary
  • These traps are used in southern Australia to take leatherjackets (Monocanthidae) in deeper waters of the continental shelf and pink snappers (Pagridae) and other bottom-dwelling fish in shallower waters.2001, R. J. Slack-Smith, Fishing with Traps and Pots, Food and Agriculture Organization, page 33. From the entry pink snapper
  • Y.) broadcastress, with three other vimful and vigorous grannies, are here encased in a series of Anglo-French-Italo travelogs done with diverting prose and an eye on the anecdotal snapper.1954 March 10, “Literati”, in Variety, volume 194, number 1, New York, N.Y., page 69, column 1. From the entry broadcastress

Meaning of snapper

  1. noun One who, or that which, snaps.
  2. noun The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.
  3. noun Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.

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Questions about snapper in a sentence

How do you use snapper in a sentence?
Snapper is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I've known him since he was a little snapper.”
What is a short sentence with snapper?
“a snapper-up of bargains”
What does snapper mean?
Snapper means one who, or that which, snaps.

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