snapper
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (GA) IPA: /ˈsnæpɚ/
snapper (plural snappers)
- One who, or that which, snaps.
- a snapper-up of bargains
- the snapper of a whip
- Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.
- (US) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
- (Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.
- 1990, Roddy Doyle, The Snapper.
- (American football) The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
- (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.
- (slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.
- (US, informal) The snapping turtle.
- The green woodpecker, or yaffle (ll mul).
- A snap beetle (family ll mul).
- (historical) A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
- (US, colloquial) A string bean.
- (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.
- 2004, Mary B. Morrison, Never Again Once More
- (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.
- 1976, Larry Wilde, How the Great Comedy Writers Create Laughter (page 101)
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