Snapper

Definition: Snapper

Snapper

Noun

1. (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the center fumbled the handoff".

2. Flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas.

3. A party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends.

4. Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots.

5. Any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters.

6. Large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite.

Date "snapper" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1874. (references)

Specialty Definition: Snapper

Domain	Definition
Mining	A. A car coupler, trip rider, or brakeman.b. See:grab sampler. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Snapper

Synonyms: center (n), common snapping turtle (n), cracker (n), cracker bonbon (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Snapper

English words defined with "snapper": Chrysophrys ♦ genus Chrysophrys, gray snapper ♦ red snapper ♦ snapping turtle. (references)

Specialty definitions using "snapper": Menippos, mud snapper. (references)

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Modern Usage: Snapper

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Ahhh, a red snapper! Mmmmm, very tasty! (UHF; writing credit: 'Weird Al' Yankovic; Jay Levey)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Snapper

Domain	Title
Books	Investigations on the gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus (reference) Saratoga Snapper (reference) Snapper (reference) The Nature of Florida's Waterways : Incl. Dragonflies, Cattails, and Mangrove Snapper (reference) The Snapper Bible (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	America's Atomic Bomb Tests: Operation Tumbler Snapper (reference) The Snapper (reference) How to Catch Snapper (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Our Aim Is to Satisfy Red Snapper (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Snapper Portfolio Desktop 5.0 (reference) Snapper Suitcase 9 Desktop (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Snapper

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Photo Album: Snapper

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Shrimp, snapper, grouper, and stone crab fishing boats at A. P. Bell Fish Co. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Neomaensis aya (Bloch). Red snapper; Pargo Colorado. In: "The Fishes of Porto Rico", by Barton Warren Evermann and Millard Caleb Marsh. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XX for 1900. First Part. P. 350, Plate 20. Credit: Fisheries.
	Measuring a Mangrove Snapper (Gray) during NMFS Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey. Credit: Fisheries.		Mutton snapper hatchery - hatchery production building. Credit: Fisheries.
	Aerial view of mutton snapper nursery/hatchery complex. Credit: Fisheries.		Lutjanus sp. Grey snapper. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.
	Great barracuda - Sphyraena barracuda - and yellowtail snapper Ocyurus chrysurus. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.		Yellowtail snapper - Ocyurus chrysurus. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.
	Figure 20. Lucas scoop sounder, invented in 1891 by Francis Lucas of the English Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, this instrument was also called the "snapper." It was used primarily by ships engaged in submarine cable laying. It is a derivative of the Ross device, with elements of the British bulldog sounder. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Lutjanus bohar - red snapper - a ciguatera bearing fish under study. Credit: Small World.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Snapper

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Eq. Guinea	Some 40 Spanish trawlers ply the coast off Malabo, irregularly supplying some red snapper and mackerel to the local market while taking large quantities of tuna, shrimp and lobster to Spain. (references)
	Maldives	Although tuna (mostly skipjack, and some yellow-fin) has been the predominant catch and remains the country's top export, reef fishing has been growing, due in part to government efforts to diversify fisheries and encourage greater private sector participation, as well as very strong East Asian demand for reef fish such as grouper and snapper. (references)
Trade	Argentina	Some of the users are Sharp, Maxon, Acropolis, Canon, TDK, JVC, Audinac, Pioneer, Rates, Audio Logic, Zenith, Daewo, Talent, Goldstar, Panashiba, Nashiba, Le Roy, Carandache, Baume & Mercier, Corum, Tag Heuer, Movado, Caterpillar, Valvoline, Komatsu, Cummins, Coleman, John Deere, Home, Litte, Snapper, Asia, Kia, Isuzu, Mazda, Nissan, Case, SKF, Fag Steyr, Armstrong, Stanetex Tile, Multicolor Prem, Abco Haldex, Sigma Paximat, York, Autobombas Ford, GM, American Lafrance, Venus Carpet, Kalpakian Floget, Blue Diamond, Stronger, Yale, Skoda, Cessna, Bayer, Nike, Topper, Avia, Jovi, Canson, Stabilo, La Serenisima, Sancor, Ceres, Goodyear, Eastman, Digitar, Tecno Steel, Dallas, Cristaleria Bohemia, Heidelberg, Polar, Hempel, Crosley, Waltek, Exenel, Printex, Darling, Wega, R.N., Tecno 1, Medtronic, Akroplast, BRD, Lostra 2100 Fume, Care Quilt, Rae Flex, Zwiling, Nippon, Kaijo, Ki, Trinity, Asme, Dupont, Siderar, Sanitron, Band Ai, Alcoa, Samsonite, Daihatsu, Rhone Poulenc, Asics, Etam, Grimoldi, Boating Shoes, Sthil, Subaru, Daewoo, Cadbury de Argentina, Cafes La Virginia, Construcciones Metalurgicas Zanello, Electrolux Argentina, Ilko Argentina, Impsat, Ledesma Mattel Argentina, Multicolor Argentina, Papelera Tucuman, Pecom NEC, Philco Ushuaia, Phillips Argentina, Ralston Purina Argentina, Spazio Casa Simmons de Argentina. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Snapper

"Snapper" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.46% of the time. "Snapper" is used about 52 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	88.46%	46	50,285
Noun (proper)	5.77%	3	202,518
Adjective (comparative)	5.77%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	52	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Snapper

Expressions using "snapper": Alligator snapper ♦ Fly snapper ♦ Gnat snapper ♦ gray snapper ♦ hog snapper ♦ mangrove snapper ♦ mutton snapper ♦ red snapper ♦ yellowtail snapper. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "snapper": snapper-up.
	Ending with "snapper": whipper-snapper.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Snapper

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
snapper	1,222	grilled red snapper	21
snapper lawn mower	314	snapper lawn	20
snapper mowers	310	yellowtail snapper	20
snapper lawn mowers	295	snapper riding lawn mowers	19
red snapper	215	snapper lawn equipment	19
red snapper recipe	152	mail snapper	18
beloit snapper	150	bean snapper	17
snapper part	150	snapper tractor	17
snapper mower	114	chain saw snapper	17
snapper lawn mower part	90	cruiser snapper yard	17
snapper mower part	82	snapper fishing	16
snapper turtle	74	grilled recipe red snapper	16
snapper riding mowers	45	snapper trimmer	14
snapper riding mower	40	comet snapper	14
recipe snapper	35	fish snapper	14
snapper lawn tractor	34	eater snapper weed	13
snapper riding lawn mower	29	dealer lawn mower snapper	13
snapper dealer	24	fish red snapper	13
manual snapper	23	alligator snapper	12
inn snapper	22	mutton snapper	12
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Snapper

Language		Translations for "snapper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		njeri pa vlerë (dud, punk, snipper-snapper, waster, wastrel). (various references)

Arabic		‏نوع من السمك (hake), ‏سمك (fish, gudgeon, pisces, pouter, roach). (various references)

Bulgarian		вид риба (duckbill, garfish, runner, saury, scup, sheep's head, yellow belly), вид костенурка. (various references)

Chinese		�"�夺者. (various references)

Danish		sydlig snapper (Southern red snapper), nordlig snapper (Northern red snapper, red snapper), gul snapper (amarillo snapper, yellow snapper). (various references)

Dutch		zuidelijke rode snapper (Southern red snapper), rode snapper (Southern red snapper), noordelijke rode snapper (Northern red snapper, red snapper), gele snapper (amarillo snapper, yellow snapper), Campeche snapper (Northern red snapper, red snapper). (various references)

Finnish		suuttimen suojakivi. (various references)

French		plaquette du bord, pièce de retenue, moquerie, bouton-pression. (various references)

German		Düsenschutzstein. (various references)

Greek		πλακίδιο προστασίας σχισμής ντεπιτέζ. (various references)

Hungarian		ostorhegy (cracker, thong, whang), odamondogatós ember, mogorva ember (bear, clam, crab, grouch, john blunt), menetjegyvizsgáló, harapós ember (snappy person), csapósudár, alligátorteknős (snapping turtle). (various references)

Italian		piastrina laterale, pezzo di ritenuta. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		鯛 (schnapper, sea bream). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たい (against, another intention, band, be crowned with, body, company, complying with, corps, double-mindedness, fickleness, form, ill will, image counter, keeping in mind, malice, obedience, object, opposition, party, ratio, reality, receive, schnapper, sea bream, secret purpose, style, substance, the body, ulterior motive, versus). (various references)

Manx		greimmeyder (biter, fixative, grab, grabber, grasper, holder, mordant, sticker, stitcher). (various references)

Pig Latin		appersnay

Portuguese		peça de retenção. (various references)

Russian		луциан. (various references)

Spanish		pieza de retención. (various references)

Swedish		skyddssten för dysa, blåfisk (bluefish). (various references)

Ukrainian		грубіян (bearish, bucko, cad, chuff, churl, cur, nowt, termagant, twerp, tyke, ugly customer), злий пес. (various references)

Vietnamese		người hay vơ vét người tranh thủ thời cơ (snapper-up), người hay tranh thủ (snapper-up). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Snapper

Derivations
	Words beginning with "snapper": snappers. (additional references)
	Words ending with "snapper": snippersnapper, whippersnapper. (additional references)
	Words containing "snapper": snippersnappers, whippersnappers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Snapper" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: napper, sanspeur, snapier, Sonepur, stapper. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Snapper"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "snapper" (pronounced sna"per)
4	-n a" p er	Knapper, Napper.
3	-a" p er	Capper, clapper, dapper, flapper, rapper, Sapper, Tapper, wrapper.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Snapper

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: nappers.
	Words within the letters "a-e-n-p-p-r-s"
	-1 letter: arpens, napper, nappes, papers, rappen, sapper.
	-2 letters: apers, apres, arpen, aspen, asper, earns, napes, nappe, nares, neaps, nears, panes, paper, pares, parse, peans, pears, perps, prase, preps, presa, rapes, reaps, repps, saner, snare, sneap, spare, spean, spear.
	-3 letters: anes, aper, apes, apse, ares, arse, earn, ears, eras, erns, nape, naps, neap, near, pane.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-n-p-p-r-s"
	+1 letter: knappers, preplans, propanes, snappers, snappier.
	+2 letters: endpapers, gunpapers, newspaper, sandpaper, sandpiper.
	+3 letters: appertains, apprehends, catnappers, dapperness, dognappers, drainpipes, hyperpneas, kidnappers, newspapers, notepapers, paperiness, piperonals, prepasting, preshaping, reappoints, sandpapers, sandpapery, sandpipers, sapphirine, stepparent, superplane, supplanter, unstrapped.
	+4 letters: appearances, apprentices, hyperplanes, newspapered, papaverines, paperbounds, partnership, piperazines, planisphere, prepayments, prestamping, presynaptic, propellants, propionates, sandpapered, scrappiness, stepparents, superplanes, superweapon, supplanters, suppressant, transhipped, uppercasing.
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