and originated from verb "to snap"? (let's forget about the fish named Snapper)
Xantipius 15 Posting Whiz
BigPaw 17 Master Poster
This online dictionary gives several definitions for the word 'snapper'.
See points 4 & 5 from the Collins English Dictionary:
snapper [ˈsnæpə]
n pl -per, -pers
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any large sharp-toothed percoid food fish of the family Lutjanidae of warm and tropical coastal regions See also red snapper
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a sparid food fish, Chrysophrys auratus, of Australia and New Zealand, that has a pinkish body covered with blue spots
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for the bluefish or the snapping turtle
4. a person or thing that snaps
5. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Informal a person who take snapshots; photographer Also called (for senses 1, 2) schnapper
Xantipius 15 Posting Whiz
grazie, BigPaw
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
and originated from verb "to snap"?
"to snap" means to break in half, such as snap a twig (small tree limb). It could also mean to rub the thumb and middle finger together to make a noise -- snap you fingers. People who do those things are not usually called snappers.
caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague
growing up ,A girl in my neighbourhood had a thing, that all the guy who knew her well called a snapper
mike_2000_17 2,669 21st Century Viking Team Colleague Featured Poster
"to snap" means to break in half, such as snap a twig (small tree limb). It could also mean to rub the thumb and middle finger together to make a noise -- snap you fingers.
It can also mean to go crazy. "I don't what's wrong with him, he just snapped."
I'm sure that "to snap" has many other regional-dialect meanings in various parts of the world. I think Xantipius will have to clarify what meaning he is referring to. I think I have also heard "to snap something" as meaning "to steal something".
I have never heard the term "snapper" being used.
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
I think I have also heard "to snap something" as meaning "to steal something".
That's "to snatch" not "to snap"
Andrew N 0 Newbie Poster
Have seen it used as a part of a clothing dome set - the cap that snaps on.
happygeek 2,411 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
Growing up, a girl in my neighbourhood had a thing that meant all the guys who knew her well called her a slapper. One for the brits there methinks... ;)
Agilemind 0 Posting Whiz in Training
I've only heard snapper being used in with the "bite quickly/loudly" meaning of "to snap".
eg. That dog is a snapper.
Xantipius 15 Posting Whiz
That dog is a snapper.
Haha =)
Actually in Russian also there is no word "snapper".
There is word "kusaka" = "snapper". "kusat'" means "to bite",
but this word meant for using by little children only
diafol
Growing up, a girl in my neighbourhood had a thing that meant all the guys who knew her well called her a slapper. One for the brits there methinks... ;)
Ho ho. Got there before me :)
vegaseat 1,735 DaniWeb's Hypocrite Team Colleague
It's a lawn mower.
GrimJack 1,414 Posting Maven Featured Poster
There are a lot of words that are not in the English language so we steal them for out own use - that is how languages grow. Like a famous president said "the French don't have a word for entrepeneur".
Someone asked a really interesting question: "how do you say 'voilà' in your language" - almost every language had imported the word because it was so useful.
On the other hand, no matter what language the locals speak "no problem" said with a smile will get you out of almost any difficulty.
bumsfeld 413 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
Snapping turtle is sometimes called snapper.
Xantipius 15 Posting Whiz
Red Snapper vs Bloody Mary
I like more the first name for the cocktail, but the 2nd one won over it.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2008/12/01/idINIndia-36812420081201
For a while, the cocktail was called a Red Snapper because the term "bloody" was considered rude.
Joe DiMaggio and Ava Gardner enjoyed the drink, as did a number of U.S. presidents.Bradley corrected an impression about the origins of the drink's name. It has nothing to do with the 16th Century Queen Mary I of England, Bradley said, but rather comes from a customer's fond memory of a waitress named Mary who worked at a Chicago bar called the Bucket of Blood.
More than a million Bloody Marys are served daily in the United States, said Martin Silver, President of Georgi Vodka Co. and the Tri-State Hospitality Association.
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