Snappier vs Snapper - What's the difference?
snappier | snapper |
(snappy)
(label) Rapid and without delay.
(label) Irritable.
(label) Tidy; well-dressed; sharp.
Chilly, brisk, sharp.
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One who, or that which, snaps.
Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
# (Australia, New Zealand) The fish , especially an adult of the species.
# (US) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
(Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.
(American football) The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
(US) 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.
(slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.
(US, informal) The snapping turtle.
The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
A snap beetle.
As an adjective snappier
is (snappy).As a verb snapper is
.snappier
English
Adjective
(head)snappy
English
Adjective
(er)- (=hurry up)
Synonyms
* (rapid and without delay) fast, immediate, quick * (irritable) irritable, peevish, testy, tetchyDerived terms
* make it snappysnapper
English
Alternative forms
* schnapper (fish)Noun
(en noun)- a snapper -up of trifles
- the snapper of a whip
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Hyponyms
* (adolescent), squire (pre-adult)1990''', Richard Allan, ''Australian Fish and How to Catch Them'', ISBN 1-86302-674-6, page 309.''“Snapper”'', entry in '''1966 , ''An Encyclopedia of New Zealand .