Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gropper

/ɡɹˈɑpɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: grop-per
IPA: /ɡɹˈɑpɚ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The grasshopper warbler.

British usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"Enjoyed a wide range of Sedge warblers, heard a gropper, and saw a spoonbill, and our first house martins and swifts of the year. The avocets were grand (nearly 50 of them) and not as argumentative as usual at his time of the year."
"These overwhelmingly male gatherings remind me of paparazzi flocks I’ve encountered. Like a reluctant celebrity, the Pallas’s “gropper” (twitchers have their own language, as well as paparazzi-style ripping yarns about this trip or that shot) was skulking in the bushes."

Etymology

Clipping of grasshopper.

Usage

British usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

groppers (plural)

Rhymes With

proper copper improper hopper chopper shopper topper stopper popper whopper dropper cropper

Questions

How do you pronounce gropper?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹˈɑpɚ/.
What does gropper mean?: The grasshopper warbler.
Where does gropper come from?: Clipping of grasshopper.

How to pronounce gropper

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