Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Snapper \Snap"per\, n.
   1. (Teleg.) A device with a flexible metal tongue for
      producing clicks like those of the sounder.

   2. A string bean. [Colloq., U. S.]

Snapper \Snap"per\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of
      trifles; the snapper of a whip.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large sparoid
      food fishes of the genus {Lutjanus}, abundant on the
      southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of
      tropical America.

   Note: The red snapper ({Lutjanus aya, or Blackfordi}) and the
         gray, or mangrove, snapper ({L. griseus}) are large and
         abundant species. The name is loosely applied to
         various other fishes, as the bluefish, the rosefish,
         the red grouper, etc. See {Rosefish}.

   3. (Zo["o]l.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.

   4. (Zo["o]l.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.

   5. (Zo["o]l.) A snap beetle.

Source : WordNet®

snapper
     n 1: (football) the person who plays center on the line of
          scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the
          center fumbled the handoff" [syn: {center}]
     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
        [syn: {cracker}, {cracker bonbon}]
     4: Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
        [syn: {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 [syn: {common snapping turtle},
        {Chelydra serpentina}]