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divedapper

divedapper is the alternative form of didapper.

Meaning of didapper

Noun

didapper (plural didappers)

  1. A small diving water bird frequenting rivers and fresh waters, specifically a little grebe or dabchick.
    • The misery of man may fitly be compar'd to a Di­dapper, who when she is under water, past our sight, and indeed can seem no more to us, rises again; […]1679, Francis Beaumont, Fifty comedies and tragedies, page 483
  2. (derogatory, obsolete) A scoundrel, a worthless person
    • If a Martin can play at cheſtes, as well as his nephewe the ape, he ſhall knowe what it is for a ſcaddle pawne, to croſſe a Biſhop in his owne walke. Such dydoppers must be taken vp, els theile not ſtick to check the king.1589, John Lyly, Pappe with an hatchet, page 3

Forms of divedapper

pluraldivedappers

Questions about divedapper

What is divedapper the alternative form of?
Divedapper is the alternative form of didapper.

Words near divedapper in the dictionary

  1. divebombers
  2. divebombing
  3. divebombs
  4. dived
  5. dived in
  6. divedapper
  7. divedappers
  8. divedst
  9. Divehi
  10. divekeeper
  11. divekeepers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: divedapper (page history and authors); didapper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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