Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wapper

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wap-per
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To exhaust; to tire out.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To move weakly or tremulously; to flag.

Intransitive verb

noun

A mischievous sprite.

Example Sentences

"this is it, That makes the wapper'd widow wed again;"
"Emery Ann declared to me, privately, after I had said in general council that I felt it impossible, that she was "really wappered out with mountains; […]""
"Marry, 'tis nigh on forty mile, I warrant. Thou'll not see Stratford to-night, sir; thy horse is wappered out, and that I plainly see.""
"They monks be weedy batch! Make un wappered and whelmed! Make un moil! '"
"At first he felt somewhat wappered."
""I be wappered," Catherine declared as she flung herself down upon the bed and assumed a pose that denoted complete exhaustion."

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

wappers (present, singular) wappering (participle, present) wappered (participle, past) wappered (past) wappers (plural)

Phrases

wapper jaw wapper-jawed

Frequently Paired Words

wapper jaw wapper-jawed

Questions

What does wapper mean?: To exhaust; to tire out.
Where does wapper come from?: Frequentative of wap; compare German dialect wappern, wippern (“to move up and down, to rock”).

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