snapper
/ˈsnæpɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who, or that which, snaps.
Example Sentences
- "a snapper-up of bargains"
- "the snapper of a whip"
- "Heigh-ho ye trawler men come on, forget the snapper and the prawn,"
- "I've known him since he was a little snapper."
- "The police snapper was on his tiptoes, angling for a vertical shot of the body."
- "At thirty-nine, her snapper was snapping at practically every man that appeared halfway decent and had a pulse."
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle Dutch snappen Dutch snappenbor. Low German snappenbor. English snap Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English snapper From snap + -er.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: snaperen
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsnæpɚ/
Usage
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
- American usage
- Slang
- Informal
- Obsolete
- Colloquial