Snapper

Noun

 * 1) Any of some 100 different species of fish.
 * 2)  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 )
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Any of a family of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper
 * 4)   A baby (a human baby).
 * 1993: The Snapper &mdash; title of novel and film by Roddy Doyle
 * 1)  - the player who snaps the ball to start the play.
 * 2) 🇺🇸 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.
 * 3)  One who takes snaps; a photographer.
 * 4) 🇺🇸  snapping turtle

Thesaurus
Klaxon, blunder, boiler factory, boiler room, bull-roarer, bumble, catcall, cherry bomb, clack, clacker, clapper, cracker, cricket, firecracker, horn, lurch, noisemaker, rattle, rattlebox, siren, steam whistle, ticktack, whistle, whizgig, whizzer

Alternative forms

 * schnapper

Related terms

 * pink snapper
 * red snapper

Anagrams

 * nappers