snapper

  1. Noun.  Any of some 100 different species of fish.
  2. Noun.  (Australia, New Zealand) The fish ''Chrysophrys auratus'', but usually the adult fish of that species, with the young instead called cockney then red bream then squire, before reaching adulthood. (Reference: ''Australian Fish and How to Catch Them'', Richard Allan, 1990, ISBN 1-86302-674-6, page 309. And ''Snapper'' entry in ''An Encyclopedia of New Zealand'', 1966 [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/S/Snapper/Snapper/en]).
  3. Noun.  (US) Any of a family of percoid fishes (italbrac, Lutjanidae) , especially the red snapper.
  4. Noun.  (Ireland) (slang) A baby (a human baby).
  5. Noun.  (American football) - the player who snaps the ball to start the play.
  6. Noun.  (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.
  7. Noun.  (slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.
  8. Noun.  (US) (informal) snapping turtle.

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