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Webster 1913 Edition


Snapper

Snap′per

,
Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, snaps;
as, a
snapper
up of trifles; the
snapper
of a whip.
2.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of the genus
Lutjanus
, abundant on the southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical America.
☞ The red snapper (
Lutjanus aya
syn.
Lutjanus Blackfordi
) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper (
Lutjanus griseus
) are large and abundant species. The name is loosely applied to various other fishes, as the bluefish, the rosefish, the red grouper, etc. See
Rosefish
.
3.
(Zool.)
A snapping turtle;
as, the alligator
snapper
.
4.
(Zool.)
The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
5.
(Zool.)
A snap beetle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Snapper

SNAP'PER

,
Noun.
One that snaps.

Definition 2024


snapper

snapper

See also: snäpper

English

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Noun

snapper (plural snappers)

  1. One who, or that which, snaps.
    a snapper-up of trifles
    the snapper of a whip
  2. Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
    1. (Australia, New Zealand) The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.
    2. (US) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
  3. (Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.
  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.
  10. (historical) A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
  11. (US, colloquial) A string bean.

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References

  1. 1990, Richard Allan, Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, ISBN 1-86302-674-6, page 309.
  2. “Snapper”, entry in 1966, An Encyclopedia of New Zealand.

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