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napper

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

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rapper

English

Alternative forms

  • rappuh

Etymology

rap +? -er

Pronunciation

  • Homophones: wrapper
  • Rhymes: -æp?(r)

Noun

rapper (plural rappers)

  1. One who, or that which, raps or knocks.
    1. The knocker of a door.
    2. (historical, mining) A swinging knocker for making signals at the mouth of a shaft.
    3. A spiritualistic medium who claims to receive communications from spirits in the form of knocking sounds.
  2. (music) A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.
  3. (obsolete, Scotland) A sword.
  4. A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.
  5. A mechanical, or later electric, signalling device formerly used in the mines of north-eastern England to signal to the engineman that the cages carrying men or coals up and down the shaft were ready to be raised or lowered.
  6. (colloquial, dated) A bold lie; a whopper.
  7. (colloquial, dated) A loud oath.

Translations

Anagrams

  • RepRap

Danish

Etymology 1

Noun

rapper c (singular definite rapperen, plural indefinite rappere)

  1. rapper (practitioner of rap music)
Declension

Verb

rapper

  1. present of rappe

Etymology 2

Verb

rapper

  1. present of rappe

Dutch

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?r?p?r/
  • Hyphenation: rap?per
  • Rhymes: -?p?r

Adjective

rapper

  1. Comparative form of rap

Etymology 2

From English rapper. Surface analysis rappen +? -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?r?p?r/ or as in English
  • Hyphenation: rap?per

Noun

rapper m (plural rappers, diminutive rappertje n)

  1. rapper (performer of rap music)

French

Etymology 1

English rap +? -er

Alternative forms

  • raper

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?a.pe/

Verb

rapper

  1. (music) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English rapper.

Alternative forms

  • rappeur (more common)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?a.pœ?/

Noun

rapper m (plural rappers)

  1. (music) rapper

Portuguese

Noun

rapper m, f (plural rappers)

  1. rapper (hip hop performer)

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