Meaning

noun (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback

noun flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas

noun a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends

originFrom 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”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0