English Dictionary

snapper

/ˈsnæpɚ/

noun

One who, or that which, snaps. / (Australia, New Zealand) The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.

The snapper caught a fish.

意味（1）

One who, or that which, snaps.

a snapper-up of bargains

意味（2）

(Australia, New Zealand) The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.

Heigh-ho ye trawler men come on, forget the snapper and the prawn,

Heigh-ho ye trawler men come on, forget the snapper and the prawn, And it’s out of Ballina we’ll sail, a-fishing for the Humpback whale.

意味（3）

(US) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.

意味（4）

(Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.

1990, Roddy Doyle, The Snapper.

意味（5）

(American football) The player who snaps the ball to start the play.

意味（6）

(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.

意味（7）

(slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.

意味（8）

(US, informal) The snapping turtle.

意味（9）

The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).

意味（10）

A snap beetle (family Elateridae).

意味（11）

(historical) A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.

意味（12）

(obsolete) A percussive musical instrument consisting of a pair of items to be snapped together; castanet or bones.

意味（13）

(US, colloquial) A string bean.

意味（14）

(slang) The vulva.

At thirty-nine, her snapper was snapping at practically every man that appeared halfway decent and had a pulse.

意味（15）

(slang, entertainment) A punchline.

I don't want a pause before the snapper.