different between trapper vs rapper

English

Etymology

trap +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?æp?/
• Rhymes: -æp?(r)

Noun

trapper (plural trappers)

1. One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs.
2. (mining) A child who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level.
3. An ornamental covering for a horse. See trapping and caparison.
4. (slang) A drug dealer.
5. (slang) A performer of trap music.

Translations

Danish

Noun

trapper c

1. indefinite plural of trappe

Dutch

Etymology

From trappen +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p?r

Noun

trapper m (plural trappers, diminutive trappertje n)

1. bicycle pedal

   Synonym: pedaal

French

Etymology

trappe +? -er

Verb

trapper

1. To trap (hunt using traps)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• trappage

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

trapper m or f

1. indefinite plural of trapp

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

trapper f

1. indefinite plural of trapp

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)