snapper
noun
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name
Etymology: Named after the former "Snapper" Inn.
- A hamlet in Goodleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5934).
noun
Etymology: From Middle English snaperen, likely formed with the frequentative suffix -eren (Modern English -er). For the stem compare Norwegian Nynorsk snåva (“to stumble”), Swedish snäva (“to stumble”), obsolete German schnappen (“to totter, to limp”), Middle High German snaben, Middle Low German snaven (“to stumble”).
- A stumble, a trip.
- An error, a blunder, especially a moral slip-up.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English snaperen, likely formed with the frequentative suffix -eren (Modern English -er). For the stem compare Norwegian Nynorsk snåva (“to stumble”), Swedish snäva (“to stumble”), obsolete German schnappen (“to totter, to limp”), Middle High German snaben, Middle Low German snaven (“to stumble”).
- To stumble, to trip.
- 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”