snapper

noun

1. One who, or that which, snaps.

   “a snapper-up of bargains”

   “the snapper of a whip”

2. (Australia, New-Zealand)Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.

   “Heigh-ho ye trawler men come on, forget the snapper and the prawn,”

3. (US)Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
4. (US)Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
5. (Ireland, slang)A (human) baby.

   “I've known him since he was a little snapper.”

6. The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
7. (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.
8. (slang)One who takes snaps; a photographer.

   “The police snapper was on his tiptoes, angling for a vertical shot of the body.”

9. (US, informal)The snapping turtle.
10. The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
11. A snap beetle (family Elateridae).
12. (historical)A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
13. (obsolete)A percussive musical instrument consisting of a pair of items to be snapped together; castanet or bones.
14. (US, colloquial)A string bean.
15. (slang)The vulva.

    “At thirty-nine, her snapper was snapping at practically every man that appeared halfway decent and had a pulse.”

    “Then, get this, when we finished, she grabbed what looked like one of her husband's T-shirts, wiped her snapper, threw it into the back, […]”

16. (slang)A punchline.

    “I don't want a pause before the snapper.”

    “The end should always be a “snapper.” The punchline of a monologue is extremely important. Find a good one.”

    “In fact, he began the comic by coming up with the final panel, which he called “the snapper,” and worked backward.”

17. (US, historical)A supporter of Senator Hill's premature scheduling of the Democratic National Committee convention of 1892.
18. (Scotland)A stumble, a trip.
19. (Scotland)An error, a blunder, especially a moral slip-up.

verb

1. To stumble, to trip.
2. (figuratively)To fall into error; to make a mistake, and especially to stumble morally.

   “A curate in specyall To snappar and to fall Into this opyn cryme”

name

1. A hamlet in Goodleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5934).