Snapper (Transformers)
WordNet
noun
(1) Large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite
(2) Any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
(3) Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
(4) A party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
(5) Flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas
(6) (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
"The center fumbled the handoff"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Any of some 100 different species of fish.
- The fish Chrysophrys auratus, but usually the adult fish of that species, with the young instead called cockney then red bream then squire, before reaching adulthood. (Reference: Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, Richard Allan, 1990, ISBN 1-86302-674-6, page 309. And Snapper entry in An Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 1966 http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/S/Snapper/Snapper/en)
- Any of a family of percoid fishes , esp. the red snapper
- A baby (a human baby).
- 1993: The Snapper — title of novel and film by Roddy Doyle
- - the player who snaps the ball to start the play.
- 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.