different between slapper vs plapper

English

Etymology

slap +? -er. For senses 2 and 3, the OED tentatively quotes the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang: "This working class term from East London and Essex is probably a corruption of shlepper or schlepper, a word of Yiddish origin, one of whose meanings is a slovenly or immoral woman."

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?slæp?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?slæp?/
• Rhymes: -æp?(?)

Noun

slapper (plural slappers)

1. (countable) One who, or that which, slaps.
2. (countable, Britain, Ireland, slang) A prostitute.
3. (countable, Britain, Ireland, Australia, slang) A woman of loose morals.
4. (countable, military) A type of detonator which uses a powerful surge of electricity to vaporize a thin metal foil, propelling a larger piece of plastic film at a speed high enough to detonate an explosive upon impact.
5. (countable, slang, archaic) Anything monstrous; a whopper.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Prealps, lappers, rappels

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p?r

Adjective

slapper

1. Comparative form of slap

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

slapper

1. present of slappe

English

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?plæp?/
• Rhymes: -æp?(r)

Verb

plapper (third-person singular simple present plappers, present participle plappering, simple past and past participle plappered)

1. (intransitive, rare) To make a flapping noise with the lips.
   • 2016, Stuart Walton, The First Day in Paradise

     Adam was making a plappering noise in his sleep like a horse.

   • 2020, Stefan Prebil, Icediamonds Trilogy Volume 2

     But Marie's reaction when she saw Sam coming gave him pause. She immediately stepped away from Arik, combing her hair with her fingers nervously. She then gave him a smile to die for, threading her arm through his and plappering about […]