1.  snapper(n = noun.person) center - (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the center fumbled the handoff"
is a kind of lineman
Derived form verb snap₉

2.  snapper(n = noun.food) - flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas;
is a kind of saltwater fish
is a part of snapper, chrysophrys auratus, snapper
has particulars: red snapper

3.  snapper(n = noun.artifact) cracker, cracker bonbon - a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends;
is a kind of favor, favour, party favor, party favour
Derived form verb snap₁₀

4.  snapper(n = noun.animal) chrysophrys auratus - Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots;
is a kind of sparid, sparid fish
has parts: snapper
is a member of chrysophrys, genus chrysophrys

5.  snapper(n = noun.animal) - any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters;
is a kind of food fish, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
has parts: snapper
is a member of family lutjanidae, lutjanidae
has particulars: lutjanus blackfordi, red snapper, gray snapper, grey snapper, lutjanus griseus, mangrove snapper, lutjanus analis, mutton snapper, muttonfish, lutjanus apodus, schoolmaster, ocyurus chrysurus, yellowtail, yellowtail snapper

6.  snapper(n = noun.animal) chelydra serpentina, common snapping turtle - large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite;
is a kind of snapping turtle
is a member of chelydra, genus chelydra

1.  One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip. [1913 Webster]

2.  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. [1913 Webster]
" The red snapper (Lutjanus aya syn. Lutjanus Blackfordi) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper (Lutjanus 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." [1913 Webster]

3.  A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper. [1913 Webster]

4.  The green woodpecker, or yaffle. [1913 Webster]

5.  A snap beetle. [1913 Webster]

6.  A device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

7.  A string bean. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

snapper, n.
1 a person or thing that snaps.
2 any of several fish of the family Lutjanidae, used as food.
3 a snapping turtle.
4 US a cracker (as a toy).

alligator snapper, gray snapper, grey snapper, hog snapper, mangrove snapper, mutton snapper, red snapper, yellowtail snapper