Snapper
noun, plural (especially collectively) snapper (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) snappers for 1, 2; snappers for 3–5.
1.
any of several large marine food fishes of the family Lutjanidae.
2.
any of various other fishes, as the bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix.
3.
snapping turtle.
4.
Informal. a person in charge of a group of workers.
5.
a tuft or knot of cotton, horsehair, hemp, etc., at the tip of a whip’s lash; cracker; popper.
noun (pl) -per, -pers
1.
any large sharp-toothed percoid food fish of the family Lutjanidae of warm and tropical coastal regions See also red snapper
2.
a sparid food fish, Chrysophrys auratus, of Australia and New Zealand, that has a pinkish body covered with blue spots
3.
another name for bluefish, snapping turtle
4.
a person or thing that snaps
5.
(informal) a person who takes snapshots; photographer
6.
(Irish, informal) a baby
snap on someone
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