lapper

lapper noun: one who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue.

Noun

lapper (plural lappers)

One who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue.
- ...that recipient of the favors and caresses of the hearthstone, that lapper of milk from the national saucer, the cat.1913, William Atherton Du Puy, Uncle Sam, Wonder Worker, page ?
- The pupils of the modern school discover in [the lion] but the crafty, cruel, and cowardly lapper of blood.1827, ?, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 470
(in-compounds) Something (especially a race) that has a stated number of laps.
- […] Richard Petty Private Collection outran Buck Baker's '62 Chrysler to win the 200-lapper. One week later, Jim Paschal finished second to race winner Junior.2001, Tim Bongard, Richard Petty: The Cars of the King, page ?
A competitor who is one lap behind another, in the same race, and hence physically in front.
- June 2006, RoadRacingWorld.com - Stanton Tops Formula Pacific Podium In Fourth Round Of AFM Racing At Thunderhill
  After he tangled with the lapper I thought, ‘Man, that sucks’,” Dorsey explained. “Then I realized I was in the lead! I was going to just cruise home.
One who wraps or folds.
A mechanism that overlaps material to make it thicker; a lapping cylinder or lapping machine.
A headsail that overlaps the mast.

lapper (third-person singular simple present lappers, present participle lappering, simple past and past participle lappered)

To make a gentle splashing sound, as the sound of flowing water.
- There was mockery of our foolhardy enterprise in the soft whispering sough of the water, as I heard it lapper beneath the ferry-boat that lay ready to cross to the other side.1900?, S.R. Crockett, chapter XXXVII, in The Red Axe, →ISBN, page 238

Lapper (plural Lappers)

Noun
plural	lappers
Verb
third-person singular present	lappers
present participle	lappering
past participle	lappered
past	lappered
Proper noun
plural	Lappers

From lap + -er.

What does lapper mean?: Lapper means one who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue.
What part of speech is lapper?: Lapper can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
What is the plural of lapper?: The plural of lapper is lappers.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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