snapper

One who, or that which, snaps.

Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.

(Australia, New-Zealand) The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.

Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.

(US) A small bluefish.

(slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.

(US, informal) The snapping turtle.

(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.

(historical) A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.

(Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.

(slang) A punchline.

The player who snaps the ball to start the play.

(US, informal) A string bean.

(slang) The vulva.

A snap beetle (family Elateridae).

The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).

(Scotland) A stumble, a trip.

(Scotland) An error, a blunder, especially a moral slip-up.

(US, historical) A supporter of Senator Hill's premature scheduling of the Democratic National Committee convention of 1892.

(no longer used) A percussive musical instrument consisting of a pair of items to be snapped together; castanet or bones.

To stumble, to trip.

(figurative) To fall into error; to make a mistake, and especially to stumble morally.