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lappered

lappered is the simple past and past participle of lapper.

Meaning of lapper

Verb

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

  1. 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

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Questions about lappered

What is lappered the simple past and past participle of?
Lappered is the simple past and past participle of lapper.

Words near lappered in the dictionary

  1. Lappeenranta
  2. lappel
  3. lappels
  4. lapper
  5. lapper-milk
  6. lappered
  7. lappering
  8. lappers
  9. lappet
  10. lappet moth
  11. lappet moths

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