SNAPPER

Pronunciation (US):

• SNAPPER (noun)
  The noun SNAPPER has 6 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: SNAPPER used as a noun is common.

• SNAPPER (noun)

Meaning:

(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

snapper; center

Context example:

the center fumbled the handoff

Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):

lineman (one of the players on the line of scrimmage)

Domain category:

football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)

Meaning:

Flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "snapper"):

red snapper (highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico)

Holonyms ("snapper" is a part of...):

snapper (any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters)

Chrysophrys auratus; snapper (Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cracker bonbon; snapper; cracker

Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):

favor; favour; party favor; party favour (souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party)

Meaning:

Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chrysophrys auratus; snapper

Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):

sparid; sparid fish (spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth)

Meronyms (parts of "snapper"):

snapper (flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas)

Holonyms ("snapper" is a member of...):

Chrysophrys; genus Chrysophrys (Australian snapper)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):

food fish (any fish used for food by human beings)

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Meronyms (parts of "snapper"):

snapper (flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "snapper"):

Ocyurus chrysurus; yellowtail; yellowtail snapper (superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail)

Lutjanus apodus; schoolmaster (food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters)

Lutjanus analis; mutton snapper; muttonfish (similar to and often marketed as 'red snapper')

gray snapper; grey snapper; Lutjanus griseus; mangrove snapper (found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida)

Lutjanus blackfordi; red snapper (an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico)

Holonyms ("snapper" is a member of...):

family Lutjanidae; Lutjanidae (snappers)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chelydra serpentina; common snapping turtle; snapper

Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):

snapping turtle (large aggressive freshwater turtle with powerful jaws)

Holonyms ("snapper" is a member of...):

Chelydra; genus Chelydra (snapping turtles)