snapper
US/ˈsnæpɚ/
snapper noun: one who, or that which, snaps.
Noun (1)
snapper (plural snappers)
- One who, or that which, snaps.
- a snapper-up of bargains
- the snapper of a whip
- The 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)
- Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
- A small bluefish.
- A (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
- The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
- 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.
- One 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
- The snapping turtle.
- The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
- A snap beetle (family Elateridae).
- A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
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- A percussive musical instrument consisting of a pair of items to be snapped together; castanet or bones.
- A string bean.
- The 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
- 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, […]2010, Phil Torcivia, Nice Meeting You
- A 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. Find a good one.2011, Judy Kerr, Acting is Everything
- A supporter of Senator Hill's premature scheduling of the Democratic National Committee convention of 1892.
- Antonyms:
- anti-snapper
Verb
snapper (third-person singular simple present snappers, present participle snappering, simple past and past participle snappered)
- To stumble, to trip.
- To fall into error; to make a mistake, and especially to stumble morally.
- A curate in specyall
To snappar and to fall
Into this opyn crymec. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 65, lines 141–143
- A curate in specyall
Noun (2)
snapper (plural snappers)
Proper noun capitalized: Snapper
Snapper
snapper meaning in Tamil and Bengali
snapper in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
snapper in Bengali
- স্ন্যাপার
Examples of snapper in a sentence
- Last night was a 'rafter snapper', as my grandparents would say.
- "'S what the old-timers call a real 'rafter snapper'", Frank said.
- Cubera snappers, whether Atlantic or Pacific, are the giants of the snapper family.
Antonyms of snapper
Forms of snapper
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | snappers |
| alternative form | schnapper |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | snappers |
| present participle | snappering |
| past participle | snappered |
| past | snappered |
Origin of snapper
From snap + -er.
From Middle English snaperen, likely formed with the frequentative suffix -eren (Modern English -er). For the stem compare Norwegian Nynorsk snåva (“to stumble”), Swedish snäva (“to stumble”), obsolete German schnappen (“to totter, to limp”), Middle High German snaben, Middle Low German snaven (“to stumble”).
Named after the former "Snapper" Inn.
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Questions about snapper
- What does snapper mean?
- Snapper means one who, or that which, snaps.
- What is snapper in Tamil?
- Snapper in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Snapper meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is snapper?
- Snapper can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce snapper?
- Snapper is pronounced /ˈsnæpɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of snapper?
- The plural of snapper is snappers.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: snapper (page history and authors); Snapper (page history and authors); snapper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snapper (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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