English Explanatory Dictionary

slapper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who, or that which, slaps.
  2. A prostitute.
  3. A woman of loose morals.
  4. 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.
  5. Anything monstrous; a whopper.

Pronunciation

en-us-slapper.ogg /ˈslæpɚ/ /ˈslæpə/

Word forms

slapper slappers

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."

Derived words

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