different between gapper vs wapper

English

Etymology

gap +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æp?(?)/

Noun

gapper (plural gappers)

1. (baseball) A ball hit through the regions between the outfielders.

   Bob's gapper cleared the bags.

2. Someone who is on or has done a gap year, or a break from study.

Anagrams

• papreg, pregap

Dutch

Etymology

From gappen +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.p?r/
• Hyphenation: gap?per
• Rhymes: -?p?r

Noun

gapper m (plural gappers, diminutive gappertje n)

1. (Netherlands, colloquial) thief
   • (Can we date this quote?), John O'Mill (Johan van der Meulen), "Pruimejantje".

     Jantje zag eens pruimen hangen / Oh, als eieren zo groot; / De tuinman zag zijn bolle wangen / Sloeg de vuile gapper dood.

English

Etymology 1

Noun

wapper (plural wappers)

1. (Britain, dialect) A gudgeon.

Etymology 2

Frequentative of wap; compare German dialect wappern, wippern (“to move up and down, to rock”).

Verb

wapper (third-person singular simple present wappers, present participle wappering, simple past and past participle wappered)

1. (transitive) To cause to shake.
2. (intransitive) To move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter.

See also

• wapper jaw

References

• wapper in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• wrappe

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p?r

Verb

wapper

1. first-person singular present indicative of wapperen
2. imperative of wapperen