different between lapper vs lepper

English

Etymology 1

lap +? -er

Noun

lapper (plural lappers)

1. One who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue.
2. (in combination) Something (especially a race) that has a stated number of laps.
3. (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.

4. One who wraps or folds.
5. A mechanism that overlaps material to make it thicker; a lapping cylinder or lapping machine.
6. (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)

1. 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

1. (Jersey, onomatopoeia, transitive) to lap (a liquid)

   Synonym: cliapoter

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lapper m

1. indefinite plural of lapp

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p?(r)

Noun

lepper (plural leppers)

1. A horse that jumps well.
   • 1899, Banjo Paterson, Father Riley's Horse

     He's the king of all the leppers that was ever seen to lep,

     A five-foot fence -- he'd clear it in a hop!

2. (cattle) A type of Texas Longhorn, a subgroup of Butler cattle.
3. Misspelling of leper.

Usage notes

The term for a horse may have been used in Commonwealth English circles.

Anagrams

• Eppler

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lepper m or f

1. indefinite plural of leppe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lepper f

1. indefinite plural of leppe