rafter snapper
A very cold night.
When the rafter-snapper roared through here in March, there wasn't so much as a wet basement.
snapper
/ˈsnæpɚ/
noun 7verb 2name 1
Collocations
3VERB + SNAPPER
forget
SNAPPER + NOUN
prawn
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
1
One who, or that which, snaps.
a snapper-up of bargains
the snapper of a whip
2
Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
Heigh-ho ye trawler men come on, forget the snapper and the prawn,
3
Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
4
Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
5
A (human) baby.
I've known him since he was a little snapper.
verb
1
To stumble, to trip.
2
To fall into error; to make a mistake, and especially to stumble morally.
A curate in specyall To snappar and to fall Into this opyn cryme
noun
1
A stumble, a trip.
2
An error, a blunder, especially a moral slip-up.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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a snapper-up of bargains
Wiktionary02
the snapper of a whip
Wiktionary03
Heigh-ho ye trawler men come on, forget the snapper and the prawn,
Wiktionary04
A curate in specyall To snappar and to fall Into this opyn cryme
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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In some senses, snapper is marked as slang, figuratively, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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