English Explanatory Dictionary

wapper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To exhaust; to tire out.
  2. To move weakly or tremulously; to flag.
noun
  1. A mischievous sprite.

Word forms

wapper wappers wappering wappered

Etymology

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

Related words

wapper jaw wapper-jawed
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