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lapper
English
Etymology 1
lap +? -er
Noun
lapper (plural lappers)
- One who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue.
- (in combination) Something (especially a race) that has a stated number of laps.
- (sports) A competitor who is one lap behind another, in the same race, and hence physically in front.
- June 2006, RoadRacingWorld.com - Stanton Tops Formula Pacific Podium In Fourth Round Of AFM Racing At Thunderhill
- After he tangled with the lapper I thought, ‘Man, that sucks’,” Dorsey explained. “Then I realized I was in the lead! I was going to just cruise home.
- June 2006, RoadRacingWorld.com - Stanton Tops Formula Pacific Podium In Fourth Round Of AFM Racing At Thunderhill
- One who wraps or folds.
- A mechanism that overlaps material to make it thicker; a lapping cylinder or lapping machine.
- (sailing) A headsail that overlaps the mast.
Etymology 2
Verb
lapper (third-person singular simple present lappers, present participle lappering, simple past and past participle lappered)
- To make a gentle splashing sound, as the sound of flowing water.
Anagrams
- rappel
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare French laper.
Verb
lapper
- (Jersey, onomatopoeia, transitive) to lap (a liquid)
- Synonym: cliapoter
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
lapper m
- indefinite plural of lapp
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dapper
English
Etymology
From Middle English daper (“pretty, neat”), from Middle Dutch dapper (“stalwart, nimble”), Old Dutch *dapar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz (“stout; solid; heavy; bold”) (compare German tapfer "bold", Norwegian daper "saddened, dreary"), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eb- ‘thick, heavy’ (compare Tocharian A tpär ‘high’, Latvian dàbls ‘strong’, Serbo-Croatian ????? (dèbeo) ‘fat’).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?dæp?(?)/
- Rhymes: -æp?(r)
Adjective
dapper (comparative dapperer, superlative dapperest)
- Neat, trim.
- 1892, Henry Seton Merriman, The Slave Of The Lamp:
- This entrance is through a little courtyard, in which is the stable and coach-house combined, where Madame Perinere, a lady who paints the magic word "Modes" beneath her name on the door-post of number seventeen, keeps the dapper little cart and pony which carry her bonnets to the farthest corner of Paris.
- 1892, Henry Seton Merriman, The Slave Of The Lamp:
- Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
- 1917, P. G. Wodehouse, The Man With Two Left Feet:
- Going down the street, you would meet a typical commercial traveller, dapper and alert.
- 1917, P. G. Wodehouse, The Man With Two Left Feet:
- Quick; little and active.
Derived terms
- Dapper Dan
Translations
Anagrams
- Eppard, adprep, parped, rapped
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch dapper, from Middle Dutch dapper, from Old Dutch *dappar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz.
Adjective
dapper (attributive dappere, comparative dapperder, superlative dapperste)
- brave, courageous
Derived terms
- dapperheid
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dapper, from Old Dutch *dappar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?.p?r/
- Hyphenation: dap?per
- Rhymes: -?p?r
Adjective
dapper (comparative dapperder, superlative dapperst)
- brave, courageous
Inflection
Derived terms
- dapperheid
- verdapperen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: dapper
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