snapper

Meanings

Plural: snappers

Noun

• (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
• flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas
• a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
• Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
• any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
• large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite
• One who, or that which, snaps.
• Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
• The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.
• Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
• Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
• Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
• A small bluefish.
• A (human) baby.
• 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 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.
• A percussive musical instrument consisting of a pair of items to be snapped together; castanet or bones.
• A string bean.
• The vulva.
• A punchline.
• A supporter of Senator Hill's premature scheduling of the Democratic National Committee convention of 1892.
• A stumble, a trip.
• An error, a blunder, especially a moral slip-up.

Verb

• To stumble, to trip.
• To fall into error; to make a mistake, and especially to stumble morally.

Synonyms

center, Chelydra serpentina, Chrysophrys auratus, common snapping turtle, cracker, cracker bonbon

Antonyms

anti-snapper