different between zapper vs lapper

English

Etymology

zap +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: z?p??(r), IPA^(key): /?zæp.?(?)/
• Rhymes: -æp?(r)

Noun

zapper (plural zappers)

1. (colloquial) A remote control for a television.

   The news is starting on the other channel; hand me the zapper.

2. A device that electrocutes ("zaps") with a high voltage, e.g. a bug zapper.
3. (figuratively, by extension) Anything that exterminates.
   • 1989, Microtimes (volume 6, page 140)

     If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important. Casual alien-zappers can get by with the cheapest generic Taiwanese clone-stick […]

Translations

French

Etymology

From English zap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.pe/

Verb

zapper

1. to channel-hop, channel surf
2. (figuratively) to dither, change one's opinion rapidly, vacillate
3. to skip over
4. (familiar) to forget

Conjugation

Further reading

• “zapper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology 1

lap +? -er

Noun

lapper (plural lappers)

1. One who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue.
2. (in combination) Something (especially a race) that has a stated number of laps.
3. (sports) A competitor who is one lap behind another, in the same race, and hence physically in front.
   • June 2006, RoadRacingWorld.com - Stanton Tops Formula Pacific Podium In Fourth Round Of AFM Racing At Thunderhill

     After he tangled with the lapper I thought, ‘Man, that sucks’,” Dorsey explained. “Then I realized I was in the lead! I was going to just cruise home.

4. One who wraps or folds.
5. A mechanism that overlaps material to make it thicker; a lapping cylinder or lapping machine.
6. (sailing) A headsail that overlaps the mast.

Etymology 2

Verb

lapper (third-person singular simple present lappers, present participle lappering, simple past and past participle lappered)

1. To make a gentle splashing sound, as the sound of flowing water.

Anagrams

• rappel

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare French laper.

Verb

lapper

1. (Jersey, onomatopoeia, transitive) to lap (a liquid)

   Synonym: cliapoter

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lapper m

1. indefinite plural of lapp