snapperhead

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noun

a dumbbell; a knucklehead.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounsnapperhead (plural snapperheads)

plural snapperheads

  1. slanga dumbbell; a knucklehead.

    "'Get off of me, snapperhead!' grunted Rhett."

    2005, Seth King, Triangles, →ISBN, page 456
    3 more examples

    'Hallo, shipmate ! who are you ? And what the blessing do you want here ?' demanded the sailor, starting up in a fighting attitude. 'Back out of this, I say, Mr. Snapperhead, or whatever your name is...'

    1867, Australian capers: or, Christopher Cockle's colonial experience, John Richard Howlding, page 377

    "'What, and interrupt me again? Bring it to me, snapper head.'"

    2002, Destiny of the Soul, Heywood Steele, →ISBN, page 198

    "From thirty feet away, Fletcher yelled 'Hey, Snapperhead! What the fuck are you doing?'"

    2007, Race the Rising Sun, Eric Steeves, →ISBN, page 302

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Origin

From snapper + head, possibly a reference to the appearance of snapper's heads frequently used as bait.

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APA

snapperhead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snapperhead

MLA

“snapperhead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snapperhead. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snapperhead,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snapperhead.

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