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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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sappeur (French sapeur). Surface etymology is sap +? -er.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?p??r
• Rhymes: -æp?(r)

Noun

sapper (plural sappers)

1. One who saps; specifically, one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like. Often known as a combat engineer or military engineer.
2. (Britain, colloquial) An officer or private of the Royal Engineers.

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