<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>any of several large marine food fishes of the family Lutjanidae.</li><li>any of various other fishes, as the bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix.</li><li>snapping turtle.</li><li>Informal. a person in charge of a group of workers.</li><li>a tuft or knot of cotton, horsehair, hemp, etc., at the tip of a whip's lash; cracker; popper.</li></ul>