Meaning of Snapper | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hamlet in Goodleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5934).
2. One who, or that which, snaps.
3. A stumble, a trip.
   Scotland
4. Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
   Australia, New-Zealand
5. The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.
   Australia, New-Zealand
6. An error, a blunder, especially a moral slip-up.
   Scotland
7. Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
   US
8. A small bluefish.
   US
9. A (human) baby.
   Ireland, slang
10. The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
11. 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.
    US
12. One who takes snaps; a photographer.
    slang
13. The snapping turtle.
    US, informal
14. The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
15. A snap beetle (family Elateridae).
16. A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
    historical
17. A percussive musical instrument consisting of a pair of items to be snapped together; castanet or bones.
    obsolete
18. A string bean.
    US, colloquial
19. The vulva.
    slang
20. A punchline.
    slang
21. A supporter of Senator Hill's premature scheduling of the Democratic National Committee convention of 1892.
    US, historical

Equivalents

Examples

“a snapper-up of bargains”

“the snapper of a whip”

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

“I've known him since he was a little snapper.”

“The police snapper was on his tiptoes, angling for a vertical shot of the body.”

“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, […]”

“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.”

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

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