1. (football) the person who plays centre on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
   - center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn] 
2. Flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas 
3. A party favour consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favour) that pops when pulled at both ends
   - cracker, cracker bonbon 
4. Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
   - Chrysophrys auratus 
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
   - common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina

Derived forms: snappers

See also: snap

Type of: favor [US], favour [Brit, Cdn], food fish, lineman, party favor [US], party favour [Brit, Cdn], percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, saltwater fish, snapping turtle, sparid, sparid fish

Part of: Chelydra, Chrysophrys, family Lutjanidae, genus Chelydra, genus Chrysophrys, Lutjanidae

Encyclopedia: Snapper

• on the button
• on the coattails
• on the contrary
• on the dot
• on the face of it
• on the fence
• on the fly
• on the go
• on the hook
• on the house
• on the level
• on the line
• on the loose
• on the mend
• on the nail
• on the nose
• on the off chance
• on the offensive
• on the one hand
• on the other hand
• on the QT
• on the qui vive
• on the road
• on the rocks
• on the ropes