snapper

Noun

• large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite

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

• Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots

• a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends

• flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas

• (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
  • the center fumbled the handoff
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  common snapping turtle , Chelydra serpentina , Chrysophrys auratus , cracker , cracker bonbon , center