different between napper vs gapper

English

Etymology

nap +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

napper (plural nappers)

1. a person who takes a nap
2. (obsolete) a sheep stealer
3. (slang) the head
   • 2011, Jeremy Roberts, Let's Not And Say We Did (page 96)

     As he walked back to his flat after meekly apologising, he wondered why a severe pain in his napper could affect the lead in his pencil.

   • 1911, Charles Collins, Fred E. Terry and E.A. Sheppard, "Any Old Iron", British Music Hall song

     You look so dapper from your napper to your feet.

4. (obsolete) a machine used to raise the nap on cloth

Synonyms

• (sheep thief): sheepstealer

Hypernyms

• (sheep thief): see Thesaurus:rustler

Anagrams

• papern, rappen

French

Etymology

nappe +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.pe/

Verb

napper

1. (cooking) to cover (to cover something with sauce)

Conjugation

Further reading

• “napper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

napper

1. present of nappe

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.