different between crapper vs wrapper

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?æ.p?/
• Rhymes: -æp?(?)

Etymology 1

From crap +? -er, although possibly repopularized by barracks employing Thomas Crapper's plumbing fixtures used during the First World War. The occupational surname Crapper derives from a dialectal variant of cropper (“harvester of crops, farmer”).

Noun

crapper (plural crappers)

1. (vulgar slang) A chamber pot or toilet, particularly (dated) a flush toilet by Thomas Crapper.
2. (vulgar slang) A lavatory or outhouse.

Synonyms

• shitter; see also Thesaurus:chamber pot, Thesaurus:toilet, and Thesaurus:bathroom

Translations

Adjective

crapper

1. comparative form of crap: more crap

Etymology 2

Of unknown origin.

Noun

crapper (plural crappers)

1. A half-glass of whiskey.

References

English

Etymology

From Middle English wrappere, equivalent to wrap +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æp?/
• Homophone: rapper
• Hyphenation: wrap?per
• Rhymes: -æp?(r)

Noun

wrapper (plural wrappers)

1. Something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection: a wrapping.
2. An outer garment; a loose robe or dressing gown.
   • 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘William Wilson’:

     ‘Please to examine, at your leisure, the inner linings of the cuff of his left sleeve, and the several little packages which may be found in the somewhat capacious pockets of his embroidered morning wrapper.’

   • 1855, Charles Dickens, The Holly-Tree

     It was eight o'clock to-morrow evening when I buckled up my travelling writing-desk in its leather case, paid my Bill, and got on my warm coats and wrappers.

3. One who, or that which, wraps.

   He proved to be a remarkably efficient wrapper of parcels.

4. (object-oriented programming) A construct, such as a class or module, that serves to mediate access to another.

   We need a Perl wrapper for this C++ library.

Usage notes

• In the computing sense, wrapper is often used attributively: one can speak of a “wrapper class”, a “wrapper object”, a “wrapper function”, and so on. More broadly, one can speak of the “wrapper pattern”, which is a general term for the creation and use of such wrappers.

Synonyms

• (construct that mediates access): adapter
• wrapper class
• primitive wrapper class

Translations

Descendants

• ? Mmen: lapa

Anagrams

• prewrap