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taper
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?te?p?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?te?p?/
- Rhymes: -e?p?(?)
- Homophone: tapir
Etymology 1
From Middle English taper, from Old English tapor (“taper, candle, wick of a lamp”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin papyrus (“papyrus", used in Mediaeval times to mean "wick of a candle”), or of Celtic origin related to Irish tapar (“taper”), Welsh tampr (“a taper, torch”). Compare Sanskrit ???? (tápati, “(it) warms, gives out heat; to be hot; to heat”). More at tepid.
Noun
taper (plural tapers)
- A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle
- ~1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act I, scene I, line 157:
- strike on the tinder, ho!/ Give me a taper.
- 1913, Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Change
- Love used to carry a bow, you know,
- But now he carries a taper;
- It is either a length of wax aglow,
- Or a twist of lighted paper.
- ~1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act I, scene I, line 157:
- (by extension) a small light.
- A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object
- the taper of a spire
- The legs of the table had a slight taper to them.
- 2005, Michael Ellis, Apollo Rises (page 15)
- Her hair hangs over her ears and flows to a taper at the back of her neck where it is held in place with a wide and circular black clasp.
- A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
Derived terms
- taperwise
Translations
Verb
taper (third-person singular simple present tapers, present participle tapering, simple past and past participle tapered)
- (transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3
- Though true cylinders without — within, the villainous green goggling glasses deceitfully tapered downwards to a cheating bottom.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3
- (intransitive) To diminish gradually.
Synonyms
- narrow
Derived terms
- taper off
Translations
Adjective
taper
- Tapered; narrowing to a point.
Etymology 2
tape +? -er
Noun
taper (plural tapers)
- (weaving) One who operates a tape machine.
- Someone who works with tape or tapes.
Anagrams
- Peart, Petra, apert, apter, parte, pater, peart, petar, petra, prate, preta, reapt, repat, retap, trape, treap
Danish
Verb
taper
- present of tape
French
Etymology
From Middle French taper, from Old French tapper, taper (“to tap”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *tapp?n, *dabb?n (“to strike”) or from Middle Low German tappen, tapen (“to tap, rap, strike”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dab- (“to strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eb?- (“to beat, strike, stun, be speechless”). Related to German tappen (“to grope, fumble”), Dutch deppen (“to dab”), Icelandic tappa, tapsa, tæpta (“to tap”). Related to dab.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.pe/
- Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: tapai, tapé, tapée, tapées, tapés, tapez
Verb
taper
- (transitive) to slap, knock, beat
- (transitive) to type (use a keyboard or typewriter)
- (transitive with sur) to hit, beat, rap
- (intransitive) to beat down (of the sun); to go to one's head (of wine etc.)
- (intransitive, slang) to stink, pong, reek
- (reflexive, slang) to put away (a meal etc.)
- Je me suis tapé un bon petit hamburger hier soir.
- (reflexive, vulgar, slang) to fuck (have sex)
- Il s'est tapé la fille de son patron.
- (reflexive) to put up with
Conjugation
Derived terms
See also
- frapper
- cogner
Further reading
- “taper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- parte, pâtre, prêta, tarpé
Middle English
Alternative forms
- tapre, tapyr, tapir, tapor, tapour, tapur, tapper
Etymology
From Old English tapor, possibly from Latin pap?rus (if so, a doublet of paper).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta?p?r/
Noun
taper (plural tapres)
- taper (thin candle)
Descendants
- English: taper
References
- “t?per, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norman
Pronunciation
Verb
taper (gerund tap'thie)
- (Jersey, onomatopoeia) to hit, knock
Derived terms
- taper raide (“to hit hard”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From tape (“to lose”) +? -er.
Noun
taper m (definite singular taperen, indefinite plural tapere, definite plural taperne)
- a loser
Related terms
- tapar (Nynorsk)
Verb
taper
- present tense of tape (“to lose”)
Etymology 2
Noun
taper m
- indefinite plural of tape
Verb
taper
- present tense of tape (“to tape”)
References
- “taper” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “taper” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Anagrams
- paret, parte, pater, patre, Petra, prate, rapet, rapte
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
taper
- present of tape (to lose)
Walloon
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
taper
- to throw
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raper
English
Etymology
rape +? -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?p?(?)/
- Rhymes: -e?p?(?)
Noun
raper (plural rapers)
- (informal) A person who has raped someone; a rapist.
- 1963, Edwin M. Moseley, Pseudonyms of Christ in the Modern Novel: Motifs and Methods (page 149)
- "Jesus Christ!" Grimm says, profanely pushing Hightower aside as he goes on to shoot Christmas and to emasculate him, according to the custom of lynchers punishing the dark rapers of white women.
- 1995, Simon Goldhill, Foucault's Virginity (page 71)
- Turning round, Cleitophon finds he is standing by a painter's studio which is exhibiting a painting of the whole story of the rape of Philomela, including the tapestry she weaves telling her own story after her raper, Tereus, has cut out her tongue.
- 1963, Edwin M. Moseley, Pseudonyms of Christ in the Modern Novel: Motifs and Methods (page 149)
Anagrams
- parer
French
Alternative forms
- rapper
- Homophone: râper
Etymology
Borrowed from English rap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.pe/
Verb
raper
- To rap (to sing rap songs).
Conjugation
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
raper
- present of rape.
Polish
Etymology
From English rapper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ra.p?r/
Noun
raper m pers (feminine raperka)
- (music) rapper
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) raperski
Related terms
- (verb) rapowa?
- (noun) rap
- (adjective) rapowy
Further reading
- raper in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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