any large sharp-toothed percoid food fish of the family Lutjanidae of warm and tropical coastal regions
See also red snapper
2.
a sparid food fish, Chrysophrys auratus, of Australia and New Zealand, that has a pinkish body covered with blue spots
3. another name for bluefish, snapping turtle
4.
a person or thing that snaps
5. informal
a person who takes snapshots; photographer
6. Irish informal
a baby
Also called (for senses 1, 2): schnapper
schnapper in American English
(ˈʃnæpər, ˈsnæp-)
noun
a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand
Word origin
[1820–30; var. of snapper; sch ‹ G]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acetate, analogue, boomerang, myth, phonetic