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Webster 1913 Edition
Rapper
1.
One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door.
Sterne.
2.
A forcible oath or lie.
[Slang]
Bp. Parker.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rapper
RAP'PER
,Noun.
1.
One that raps or knocks.2.
The knocker of a door. [Not in common use.]3.
An oath or a lie. [Not in use.]Definition 2024
Rapper
rapper
rapper
See also: Rapper
English
Alternative forms
Noun
rapper (plural rappers)
- One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door.
- (music) A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.
- Ay, that rapper has too much swag.
- (obsolete, Scotland) A sword.
- A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.
- A mechanical, or later electric, signalling device formerly used in the mines of north-eastern England to signal to the engineman that the cages carrying men or coals up and down the shaft were ready to be raised or lowered.
Translations
one who knocks
performer of rap music, or one who raps
lie
sword
fake sword
signal device
Danish
Etymology 1
Noun
rapper c (singular definite rapperen, plural indefinite rappere)
- rapper (practitioner of rap music)
Declension
Inflection of rapper
Verb
rapper
- present tense of rappe
Etymology 2
Verb
rapper
- present tense of rappe
Dutch
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɑpər/
Adjective
rapper
- Comparative form of rap
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛpər/ or as in English
Noun
rapper m (plural rappers, diminutive rappertje n)
- rapper (performer of rap music)