Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 105
Snapper (n.) (Zool.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
Snapper (n.) (Zool.) A snap beetle.
Snapper (n.) (Teleg.) A device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
Snapper (n.) A string bean. [Colloq., U. S.]
Compare: Rosefish
Rosefish (n.) (Zool.) A large marine scorpaenoid 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.
Snapper (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}, {snapper}].
Snapper (n.) Flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas.
Snapper (n.) A party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends [syn: {cracker}, {snapper}, {cracker bonbon}].
Snapper (n.) Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots [syn: {snapper}, {Chrysophrys auratus}].
Snapper (n.) Any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters.
Snapper (n.) Large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite [syn: {common snapping turtle}, {snapper}, {Chelydra serpentina}].
Snapping () a. & n. from Snap, v.
Snapping beetle. (Zool.) See Snap beetle, under Snap.
Snapping turtle. (Zool.) A large and voracious aquatic turtle ({Chelydra serpentina) common in the fresh waters of the United States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle.
Snapping turtle. (Zool.) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.
Snappish (a.) Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.
Snappish (a.) Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
The taunting address of a snappish misanthrope. -- Jeffrey. -- Snap"pish*ly, adv. -- Snap"pish*ness, n.
Snappish (a.) Apt to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice" [syn: snappish, snappy].
Snappy (a.) Snappish. [Colloq.]
Snappy (a.) Apt to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice" [syn: snappish, snappy].
Snappy (a.) Smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines" [syn: snappy, whipping].
Snappy (a.) Pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather" [syn: crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy].
Snappy (a.) Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce].
Snappy (a.) Quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy].
Snappy Video Snapshot
Snappy () (Registered trademark) A frame grabber for the IBM PC designed and marketed by Play, Inc.. (1997-07-11)
Snapsack (n.) A knapsack. [Obs.] -- South. Snapshot
Snapshot (n.) [ C ] (Informal) [ C ] (Photo) 照片，快照 A photograph.
Snapshot (n.) Commonly.
Snapshot (n.) An informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends" [syn: snapshot, snap, shot].
Snapweed (n.) (Bot.) See Impatiens.
Compare: Impatiens
Impatiens (prop. n.) (Bot.) A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force. Called also touch-me-not, jewelweed, and snapweed. Impatiens Balsamina (sometimes called lady's slipper) is the common garden balsam.
Snar (v. i.) To snarl. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Snare (n.) [C]（捕捉鳥、獸等的）陷阱，羅網；[P1] 圈套，誘惑；【醫】（勒除息肉和腫瘤用的）勒除器 A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.
Snare (n.) Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble.
If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee. -- Shak.
Snare (n.) The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.
Snare (n.) (Med.) An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.
Snare drum, The smaller common military drum, as distinguished from the bass drum; -- so called because (in order to render it more resonant) it has stretched across its lower head a catgut string or strings.
Snared (imp. & p. p.) of Snare.
Snaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snare.
Snare (v. t.)（用陷阱等）捕捉；誘……入圈套；誘獲；謀得 To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.
Lest that too heavenly form . . . snare them. -- Milton.
The mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers. -- Shak.
Snare (n.)
Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you
unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare
and delusion" [syn: {trap}, {snare}].
Snare (n.) A small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head [syn: {snare drum}, {snare}, {side drum}].
Snare (n.) A surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities.
Snare (n.) Strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit.
Snare (n.) A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose [syn: {snare}, {gin}, {noose}].
Snare (v.) Catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn: {trap}, {entrap}, {snare}, {ensnare}, {trammel}].
Snare (v.) Entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" [syn: {hook}, {snare}].
Snare, () The expression (Amos 3:5), "Shall one take up a snare from the earth?" etc. (Authorized Version), ought to be, as in the Revised Version, "Shall a snare spring up from the ground?" etc. (See GIN.)
Snarer (n.) One who lays snares, or entraps.
Snarer (n.) Someone who sets snares for birds or small animals.
Snarled (imp. & p. p.) of Snarl.
Snarling (p. pr. & vvb. n.) of Snarl.
Snarl (v. t.) 咆哮著說；吼叫著表達 [（+at/ out）]；咆哮（或吼叫）得使 [O8] To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.
Snarl (v. t.) To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread.
Snarl (v. t.) To embarrass; to insnare.
Snarl (n.) A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.
Snarl (v. i.) （狗等）吠，嗥[（+at）]；咆哮[（+at）] To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.
Snarl (v. i.) To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.
Snarl (n.) [C] 吠，嗥；咆哮；吼叫 The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.
Snarl (n.) A vicious angry growl.
Snarl (n.) An angry vicious expression.
Snarl (n.) Something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations" [syn: {tangle}, {snarl}, {maze}].
Snarl (v.) Utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us" [syn: {snap}, {snarl}].
Snarl (v.) Make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise; "Bullets snarled past us."
Snarl (v.) Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" [syn: {entangle}, {tangle}, {mat}, {snarl}] [ant: {disentangle}, {straighten out}, {unsnarl}].
Snarl (v.) Make more complicated or confused through entanglements [syn: {snarl}, {snarl up}, {embrangle}].
Snarler (n.) One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling, quarrelsome fellow.
Snarler (n.) One who makes use of a snarling iron.
Snarling () a. & n. from Snarl, v.
Snary (a.) Resembling, or consisting of, snares; entangling; insidious.
Snast (v. t.) The snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle.
Snatched (imp. & p. p.) of Snatch.
Snatching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snatch.
Snatch (n.) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.
Snatch (n.) To seize and transport away; to rap.
Snatch (v. i.) To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.
Snatch (n.) A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.
Snatch (n.) A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower.
Snatch (n.) A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap.
Snatch block () a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
Snatcher (n.) One who snatches, or takes abruptly.
Snatchingly (adv.) By snatching; abruptly.
Snatch (n.) The handle of a scythe; a snead.
Snathe (v. t.) To lop; to prune.
Snattock (n.) A chip; a alice.
Snaw (n.) Snow.
Snead (n.) A snath.
Snead (n.) A line or cord; a string.
Sneaked (imp. & p. p.) of Sneak.
Sneaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sneak.
Sneak (v. i.) To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.
Sneak (imp. & p. p.) To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.
Sneak (v. t.) To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner.
Sneak (n.) A mean, sneaking fellow.
Sneak (n.) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.
Sneak-cup (n.) One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass.
Sneaker (n.) One who sneaks.
Sneaker (n.) A vessel of drink.
Sneakiness (n.) The quality of being sneaky.
Sneaking (a.) Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching.
Sneaksby (n.) A paltry fellow; a sneak.
Sneaky (n.) Like a sneak; sneaking.
Sneap (v. t.) To check; to reprimand; to rebuke; to chide.
Sneap (v. t.) To nip; to blast; to blight.
Sneap (n.) A reprimand; a rebuke.
Sneath (n.) Alt. of Sneathe.
Sneathe (n.) See Snath.
Sneb (v. t.) To reprimand; to sneap.
Sneck (v. t.) To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door.
Sneck (n.) A door latch.
Snecket (n.) A door latch, or sneck.
Sned (v. t.) To lop; to snathe.
Sned (n.) Alt. of Sneed.
Sneed (n.) See Snath.
Sneered (imp. & p. p.) of Sneer.
Sneering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sneer.
Sneer (v. i.) To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression.
Sneer (v. i.) To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively.
Sneer (v. i.) To show mirth awkwardly.
Sneer (v. t.) To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person.
Sneer (v. t.) To treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers.
Sneer (n.) The act of sneering.
Sneer (n.) A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt.
Sneerer (n.) One who sneers.
Sneerful (a.) Given to sneering.
Sneeringly (adv.) In a sneering manner.
Sneezed (imp. & p. p.) of Sneeze.
Sneezing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sneeze.
Sneeze (v. i.) 打噴嚏 To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose.
Not to be sneezed at, Not to be despised or contemned; not to be treated lightly. [Colloq.] "He had to do with old women who were not to be sneezed at." -- Prof. Wilson.
Sneeze (n.) 噴嚏（聲）[C] A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.
Sneeze (n.) A symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose [syn: sneeze, sneezing, sternutation].
Sneeze (v.) Exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose; "Pepper makes me sneeze".
Sneezeweed (n.) (Bot.) 【植】噴嚏草 A yellow-flowered composite plant ({Helenium autumnale) the odor of which is said to cause sneezing.
Sneezeweed (n.) Any of various plants of the genus Helenium characteristically causing sneezing.
Sneezewood (n.) The wood of a South African tree. See Neishout.
Sneezewort (n.) A European herbaceous plant (Achillea Ptarmica) allied to the yarrow, having a strong, pungent smell.
Sneezing (n.) The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue.
Snell (a.) Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp.
Snell (n.) A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line.
Snet (n.) The fat of a deer.
Snet (v. t.) The clear of mucus; to blow.
Snew (v. i.) To snow; to abound.
Snib (v. t.) To check; to sneap; to sneb. [Obs.]
Him would he snib sharply for the nones. -- Chaucer.