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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Once I told Dale that if he'd finish repairing my car for me, I'd let him take it to Nashville to race in a 200 lapper.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Rocco Division of SMA stands for Steal Major Athletes."-a Powell-Peralta skater, November 1989 "Sometimes I have a lapper on my street deck, but that's as far as it goes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three laps from the end, Prumm's race fell apart when she collided with a lapper after the large uphill gap jump.
From Time Magazine Archive
On lap fourteen, after Carmichael had moved around Reed, RC got stuck behind a lapper.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Red Axe by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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