stepper
/ˈstɛ.pə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person or animal that steps, especially energetically or high.
noun
A dancer.
noun
A kind of electric motor that advances in steps rather than smoothly.
noun
A device used in the manufacture of microcircuits to apply a photolithographic image repeatedly, at regular intervals (by imaging, moving a step and repeating).
noun
A type of exercise machine.
noun
Anything that moves or advances in steps.
Example Sentences
- "I marvel that these steppers upon flowers childishly make no provision for the pitfalls concealed beneath them."
- "Although Martha Haskins never won a prize at a dance, she was proud of having been “a purty good stepper.""
- "A Motion Picture Classic writer who witnessed the Reids at the Sunset Inn wrote, “Wally is some stepper. Let me tell you the boy can dance.""
- "Should there be a fey fiddler secreted among the musicians, or a seelie stepper on the dance floor, then the final tune of the evening could end with you dancing off with them, never to return."
- "Shall I call your vader then? He's a most accomplished stepper. He can show you how to dance."
- "He was a fancy stepper, and no doubt he figured that a good jig dance would improve his chances with Sis Hartnett."
Etymology
From step + -er.
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Colloquial
- British usage
- Obsolete
- Slang