different between zapper vs napper

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

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