different between slapper vs snapper

English

Etymology

slap +? -er. For senses 2 and 3, the OED tentatively quotes the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang: "This working class term from East London and Essex is probably a corruption of shlepper or schlepper, a word of Yiddish origin, one of whose meanings is a slovenly or immoral woman."

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?slæp?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?slæp?/
• Rhymes: -æp?(?)

Noun

slapper (plural slappers)

1. (countable) One who, or that which, slaps.
2. (countable, Britain, Ireland, slang) A prostitute.
3. (countable, Britain, Ireland, Australia, slang) A woman of loose morals.
4. (countable, military) A type of detonator which uses a powerful surge of electricity to vaporize a thin metal foil, propelling a larger piece of plastic film at a speed high enough to detonate an explosive upon impact.
5. (countable, slang, archaic) Anything monstrous; a whopper.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Prealps, lappers, rappels

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p?r

Adjective

slapper

1. Comparative form of slap

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

slapper

1. present of slappe

English

Alternative forms

• schnapper (fish)

Etymology

snap +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?snæp?/
• Rhymes: -æp?(?)

Noun

snapper (plural snappers)

1. One who, or that which, snaps.

   a snapper-up of bargains

   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.
   • 1990, Roddy Doyle, The Snapper.
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 (Picus viridis).
9. A snap beetle (family Elateridae).
10. (historical) A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
11. (US, colloquial) A string bean.
12. (slang) The vulva.
    • 2004, Mary B. Morrison, Never Again Once More

      At thirty-nine, her snapper was snapping at practically every man that appeared halfway decent and had a pulse.
13. (slang, entertainment) A punchline.
    • 1976, Larry Wilde, How the Great Comedy Writers Create Laughter (page 101)

      I don't want a pause before the snapper.

    • 2011, Judy Kerr, Acting is Everything

      The end should always be a “snapper.” The punchline of a monologue is extremely important. Find a good one.

    • 2018, Michelle Ann Abate, Funny Girls (page 55)

      In fact, he began the comic by coming up with the final panel, which he called “the snapper,” and worked backward.

Hyponyms

• (Chrysophrys auratus): cockney (very young), red bream (adolescent), squire (pre-adult)

Derived terms

• black snapper (Sistrurus catenatus)
• pink snapper (Chrysophrys auratus)
• red snapper
• whippersnapper

References

Anagrams

• Nappers, nappers, parsnep, presnap