Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sloper

/slˈoʊpɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables: slop-er
IPA: /slˈoʊpɚ/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something which angles or slopes, as distinguished from one that is vertical or horizontal.

Informal

noun

A climbing hold that has a smooth surface and sloping shape, making it difficult to hold.

noun

A custom-fitted basic pattern from which patterns for many different styles can be created.

noun

An assistant or apprentice cutter.

Obsolete

noun

A member of the peerage who has fallen from wealth but maintains social contacts.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"If one saw only the Rheims benches, one would scarcely prefer the slopers to horizontal retorts with good stoking machinery ; as for instance the Ross stoker at the Cincinnati gas works."
"Yeah, that new pair of half-slopers really works — a lot better than the old inverted-V they're made from, ha ha!"
"The wages of slopers, so far as they have been found designated as such on the pay rolls, are given in Table 63."
"In this work he displayed an energy and courage that not only disgusted the slopers, but likewise astonished the police authorities."

Etymology

From slope + -er.

Usage

Inflected Forms

slopers (plural)

Rhymes With

roper soper loper koper hoeper

Questions

How do you pronounce sloper?: The recorded pronunciation is /slˈoʊpɚ/.
What does sloper mean?: Something which angles or slopes, as distinguished from one that is vertical or horizontal.
Where does sloper come from?: From slope + -er.

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