snapper

One who, or that which, snaps.

(Australia, New Zealand) The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.

(US) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.

(Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.

(American football) The player who snaps the ball to start the play.

(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.

(slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.

(US, informal) The snapping turtle.

The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).

A snap beetle (family Elateridae).

(historical) A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.

(obsolete) A percussive musical instrument consisting of a pair of items to be snapped together; castanet or bones.

(US, colloquial) A string bean.

(slang) The vulva.

(slang, entertainment) A punchline.