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 →

2) A red snapper is a sea fish that bites hard. tree →

3) (informal) A whipper-snapper is a cheeky young person who talks too boldly. tree →

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 →
• Dad bought a red snapper for dinner. tree →
• Don't be such a cheeky whipper-snapper! tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «snapper» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.