Definition of snapper

• n. - One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.
• n. - 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.
• n. - A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.
• n. - The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
• n. - A snap beetle.