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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slapper

/ˈslæpɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
slap-per
IPA
/ˈslæpɚ/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who, or that which, slaps.

Countable

noun

A prostitute.

British usage; Countable; Slang

noun

A woman of loose morals.

British usage; Countable; Slang

noun

A type of detonator which uses a powerful surge of electricity to vaporize a thin metal foil, propelling a larger piece of plastic film at a speed high enough to detonate an explosive upon impact.

Countable

noun

Anything monstrous; a whopper.

Archaic; Countable; Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

From slap + -er. For senses 2 and 3, the OED tentatively quotes the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang: "This working class term from East London and Essex is probably a corruption of shlepper or schlepper, a word of Yiddish origin, one of whose meanings is a slovenly or immoral woman."

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈslæpɚ/
  • British English: /ˈslæpə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

slappers (plural)

Derived Forms

headslapper

Phrases

ankle slapper happy slapper Kappa slapper knee slapper tank-slapper tank slapper thigh-slapper wicker slapper

Synonyms

spanker

Rhymes With

rapper wrapper snapper trapper clapper dapper flapper capper sapper scrapper zapper crapper

Questions

How do you pronounce slapper?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈslæpɚ/.
What does slapper mean?
One who, or that which, slaps.
Where does slapper come from?
From slap + -er. For senses 2 and 3, the OED tentatively quotes the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang: "This working class term from East London and Essex is probably a corruption of shlepper or schlepper, a word of Yiddish origin, one of whose meanings is a slovenly or immoral woman."

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