lapper
1 Americannoun
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of lapper1
First recorded in 1600–10; lap 3 + -er 1
Origin of lapper2
1805–15; Scots form of lopper 2
Example Sentences
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Hansen made the pass with a couple laps to go, only to get hung up behind a lapper and hand the lead back to Josh Grant.
From Time Magazine Archive
On lap five, I ran into my first lapper and had to play it smart.�
From Time Magazine Archive
On lap fourteen, after Carmichael had moved around Reed, RC got stuck behind a lapper.
From Time Magazine Archive
The funny thing is that the hardcore skater's board has a tail skid, rails, and a lapper bolted down ... whatever!
From Time Magazine Archive
But the clatter of the mill-wheel and the lapper of water on the stones of the shore were ever better music to me than singing or playing upon instruments.
From Red Axe by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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