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# snapper

«snapper» in Mova's school dictionary: **the cracking end of a whip, which makes a sharp noise…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (snapper, snappers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A snapper is the cracking end of a whip, which makes a sharp noise when flicked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snapper/#m1)

2) A red snapper is a sea fish that bites hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snapper/#m2)

3) (informal) A whipper-snapper is a cheeky young person who talks too boldly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snapper/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, the knotted cracker at the end of a whip, and an insult for a bold young man.

### examples

- He cracked the whip with its red snapper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snapper/#x1)
- Dad bought a red snapper for dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snapper/#x2)
- Don't be such a cheeky whipper-snapper! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snapper/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «snapper» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snapper/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.