snapper
- Noun. Any of some 100 different species of fish.
- 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]).
- Noun. (US) Any of a family of percoid fishes (italbrac, Lutjanidae) , especially the red snapper.
- Noun. (Ireland) (slang) A baby (a human baby).
- Noun. (American football) - the player who snaps the ball to start the play.
- 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.
- Noun. (slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.
- Noun. (US) (informal) snapping turtle.
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