slapper

See also: släpper

English

Etymology

slap +‎ -er. For senses 3 and 4, 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."

Pronunciation

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(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈslæpɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈslæpə/
Rhymes: -æpə(ɹ)

Noun

slapper (plural slappers)

(countable) One who, or that which, slaps.
(countable, Britain, Ireland, slang) A prostitute.
(countable, Britain, Ireland, Australia, slang) A woman of loose morals.
(countable, slang, archaic) Anything monstrous; a whopper.

Derived terms

Terms derived from slapper

ankle slapper

knee slapper

thigh-slapper

Translations

prostitute

Afrikaans: hoer (af)
Dutch: hoer (nl) f
German: Nutte (de) f, Hure (de) f

Scottish Gaelic: strìopach (gd) f, siùrsach f
Spanish: puta (es) f
Swedish: hora (sv) c

female of loose morals

Afrikaans: slet
Dutch: slet (nl) f
French: putain (fr) f
German: Schlampe (de) f

Scottish Gaelic: luid f, leodag f, reipseach f, slapag f
Spanish: zorra (es) f, ramera (es) f, puta (es) f
Swedish: slampa (sv) c

Anagrams

Prealps, lappers, rappels

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

slapper

Comparative form of slap

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

slapper

present tense of slappe

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