Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈsnæpɚ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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ˈsnæpɚ
Pronunciation notes
- US
Noun
One who, or that which, snaps.
- Examples
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a snapper-up of bargains
the snapper of a whip
Any of approximately 100 different species of fish. The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.
Usage- Australia
- New-Zealand
- Examples
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Heigh-ho ye trawler men come on, forget the snapper and the prawn,
Any of approximately 100 different species of fish. Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
Usage- US usage
Any of approximately 100 different species of fish. A small bluefish.
Usage- US usage
A (human) baby.
Usage- Ireland
- Slang
- Examples
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I've known him since he was a little snapper.
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.
Usage- US usage
One who takes snaps; a photographer.
Usage- Slang
- Examples
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The police snapper was on his tiptoes, angling for a vertical shot of the body.
The snapping turtle.
Usage- US usage
- Informal
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.
Usage- Historical
A percussive musical instrument consisting of a pair of items to be snapped together; castanet or bones.
Usage- Obsolete
A string bean.
Usage- US usage
- Colloquial
The vulva.
Usage- Slang
- Examples
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At thirty-nine, her snapper was snapping at practically every man that appeared halfway decent and had a pulse.
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, […]
A punchline.
Usage- Slang
- Examples
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I don't want a pause before the snapper.
The end should always be a “snapper.” The punchline of a monologue is extremely important. Find a good one.
More examples (1)
In fact, he began the comic by coming up with the final panel, which he called “the snapper,” and worked backward.
A supporter of Senator Hill's premature scheduling of the Democratic National Committee convention of 1892.
Usage- US usage
- Historical
- Antonyms
Verb
To stumble, to trip.
To fall into error; to make a mistake, and especially to stumble morally.
Usage- Figurative
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A curate in specyall To snappar and to fall Into this opyn cryme
Noun
A stumble, a trip.
Usage- Scotland
An error, a blunder, especially a moral slip-up.
Usage- Scotland
Noun
(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- Broader terms
- Examples
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the center fumbled the handoff
flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas
- Broader terms
a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
- Synonyms
- Broader terms
Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
- Synonyms
- Broader terms
any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
- Broader terms
large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite
- Broader terms