different between wapper vs napper

English

Etymology 1

Noun

wapper (plural wappers)

1. (Britain, dialect) A gudgeon.

Etymology 2

Frequentative of wap; compare German dialect wappern, wippern (“to move up and down, to rock”).

Verb

wapper (third-person singular simple present wappers, present participle wappering, simple past and past participle wappered)

1. (transitive) To cause to shake.
2. (intransitive) To move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter.

See also

• wapper jaw

References

• wapper in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• wrappe

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p?r

Verb

wapper

1. first-person singular present indicative of wapperen
2. imperative of wapperen

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