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charper

charper verb: to seek; to search.

Verb

charper (third-person singular simple present charpers, present participle charpering, simple past and past participle charpered)

  1. (Polari) To seek; to search.
    • She’ll cruise an omi with fabulosa bod, / regard the scotches, the thews, the rod – / charpering a carsey for the trick.2015 October 12, Adam Lowe, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian

Forms of charper

third-person singular presentcharpers
present participlecharpering
past participlecharpered
pastcharpered

Origin of charper

From Italian cercare (“to look for”), from Late Latin circāre (“to traverse, go about”), from Latin circa (“around, near, about”), circus (“a circular line or orbit”), from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “circle, ring”).

Words formed from charper

Questions about charper

What does charper mean?
Charper means to seek; to search.
What part of speech is charper?
Charper is a verb.
What is the past tense of charper?
The past tense of charper is charpered.

Words near charper in the dictionary

  1. charpais
  2. charpaya
  3. charpayas
  4. Charpentier
  5. Charpentiers
  6. charper
  7. charpered
  8. charpering
  9. charpering carsey
  10. charpering omi
  11. charpering omis

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