wapper

English

Etymology 1

Noun

wapper (plural wappers)

1. (UK, dialect) A gudgeon.

Etymology 2

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

Verb

wapper (third-person singular simple present wappers, present participle wappering, simple past and past participle wappered)

1. (transitive) To cause to shake.
2. (intransitive) To move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter.

See also

• wapper jaw

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “wapper”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

References

• “wapper”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• wrappe

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑpər

Verb

wapper

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of wapperen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of wapperen