What is "snapper"

Rosefish \Rose"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large marine scorp[ae]noid food fish ( Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt.

Note: When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and ducky brown.

"one who or that which snaps," 1570s, agent noun from snap (v.). Applied to various fishes since 1690s. Slang meaning "vagina" is by 2000. As a short form of snapping turtle (1784) it is recorded from 1872. Snappers "teeth" is attested from 1924.

alt. 1 One who, or that which, snaps. 2 Any of approximately 100 different species of fish. 3 # (context Australia New Zealand English) The fish (taxlink Chrysophrys auratus species noshow=1), especially an adult of the species. 4 # (context US English) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper. 5 (context Ireland slang English) A (human) baby. 6 (context American football English) The player who snaps the ball to start the play. 7 (context US English) 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. 8 (context slang English) One who takes snaps; a photographer. 9 (context US informal English) The snapping turtle. 10 The green woodpecker, or yaffle. 11 A snap beetle. 12 (cx historical English) A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder. 13 (cx US colloquial English) A string bean. n. 1 One who, or that which, snaps. 2 Any of approximately 100 different species of fish. 3 # (context Australia New Zealand English) The fish (taxlink Chrysophrys auratus species noshow=1), especially an adult of the species. 4 # (context US English) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper. 5 (context Ireland slang English) A (human) baby. 6 (context American football English) The player who snaps the ball to start the play. 7 (context US English) 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. 8 (context slang English) One who takes snaps; a photographer. 9 (context US informal English) The snapping turtle. 10 The green woodpecker, or yaffle. 11 A snap beetle. 12 (cx historical English) A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder. 13 (cx US colloquial English) A string bean.

1. n. (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the center fumbled the handoff" [syn: center]

2. flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas

3. a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends [syn: cracker, cracker bonbon]

4. Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots [syn: Chrysophrys auratus]

5. any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters

6. large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite [syn: common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina]

Snapper(s) may refer to:

Snapper is an EP by New Zealand indie rock group Snapper, released in 1988 through Flying Nun Records.

Snapper is a clone of the Namco arcade game Pac-Man programmed by Jonathan Griffiths for the BBC Micro and released as one of the launch titles for Acornsoft in 1982. It was later released as one of Acornsoft's launch titles for the Acorn Electron in 1983.

In development, the game was titled Puc Man (the first Japanese title of the arcade game was Puck Man) but the name was changed before release to avoid legal action. However, the initial release of the game was so close to Pac-Man (including the design of the game's characters) that this version had to be withdrawn and re-released with the characters changed. The player's character became a round yellow face with very short legs wearing a green cowboy hat and the ghosts became skinny humanoid monsters.

As in Pac-Man, bonus items such as fruit would sometimes appear in the centre of the screen. The highest-scoring bonus item was an acorn, a reference to the publishers. When Snapper was killed, he would shrink and turn into small lines pointing in all directions.

The main difference in gameplay between Pac-Man and Snapper is the behaviour of the ghosts (or monsters). In Pac-Man, each ghost has its own personality and follows set patterns for each level. The red ghost also travels at double speed after a certain number of dots are eaten. In Snapper, the monsters begin each level by patrolling their corners a set number of times before breaking from their route to chase the Snapper. The time before breaking the route is reduced for each level until on later levels, the monsters chase Snapper almost immediately. The only real difference between the monsters is the corner they patrol and how soon they break from their route (e.g. the red ghost is always the first). Also, in Pac-Man, the main character slows when eating dots (so ghosts can catch up to him) but this does not happen in Snapper. These changes lead to a game which is much easier in the early levels but gets progressively more difficult so games tend to last longer.

The game ran very smoothly, making it a popular release of the time. As it was written in machine code, rather than BASIC, it was much closer to the arcade version than earlier commercial releases on the BBC Micro such as Micro Power's Munchyman.