snapper

(Anglès)

Noun

1. One who, or that which, snaps.
2. (Australia, New-Zealand) Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
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.
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.
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.
16. (slang) A punchline.
17. (US, historical) A supporter of Senator Hill's premature scheduling of the Democratic National Committee convention of 1892.

Verb

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

Oposat a

anti-snapper

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsnæpɚ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: snaperen

Cognat amb anglès: -er

Cognat amb noruec nynorsk: snåva

Cognat amb suec: snäva

Cognat amb alemany: schnappen

Cognat amb alt alemany mitjà: snaben

Cognat amb Middle Low German: snaven

In summary

From snap + -er.

Conceptes

central

centre

centrecampista

Sinònims

cracker

cracker bonbon

common snapping turtle

center

grab sampler

Chelydra serpentina

Chrysophrys auratus

snapping turtle

center fielder

lingcod

emperor bream

black-spot snapper

Lutjanus

flame snapper

bottom grab

centerfielder

red snapper

jobfish

longtail red snapper

longtailed red snapper

ruby snapper

deepwater longtail red snapper

large-eyed job-fish

yellowstripe snapper

castanet

griseus

cockney

grab

grappler

grasper

nibbler

sea bream