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Meaning of 'snapper' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Snapper [ n.]
- One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.
- Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical America.
- A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.
- The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
- A snap beetle.

Meaning of 'snapper' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . snapper [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
Example in sentence:
  • the center fumbled the handoff

Nearby Words:

snack snacket snacot snaffle snaffled snaffling snag snagged snagging snaggy

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