lipper
Americannoun
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a slightly rough or ripply surface on a body of water.
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spray from small waves.
Etymology
Origin of lipper
1505–15; noun use of dial. lipper to ripple. See lap 3, -er 6
Example Sentences
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If a net or lipper tool is used instead, make sure it's big enough for the job.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trees are blown white, the grass is black with shadows, and the sea springs up like magic into a short nasty "lipper."
From The Romance of the Coast by Runciman, James
Within half-an-hour the lipper has gathered size, and in a terribly short time there are ugly, medium-sized waves bowling fiercely and regularly westward.
From The Romance of the Coast by Runciman, James
That was blowin’ a fresh p. 115o’ wind, an’ he jest lay down in the lee scuppers, and ‘I can’t get no wetter, Posh,’ he say, and let the lipper slosh oover him.
From Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" by Blyth, James
“There isn’t much sea on,” answered David; “hardly more than what we used to call in Shetland ‘a northerly lipper.’
From Prisoners of Conscience by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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