slapper

See also: släpper

English edit

Etymology edit

slap +‎ -er. For senses 2 and 3, the OED tentatively quotes the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang: "This working class term from East London and Essex is probably a corruption of shlepper or schlepper, a word of Yiddish origin, one of whose meanings is a slovenly or immoral woman."

Pronunciation edit

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(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈslæpɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈslæpə/
Rhymes: -æpə(ɹ)

Noun edit

slapper (plural slappers)

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(countable) One who, or that which, slaps.
(countable, UK, Ireland, slang) A prostitute.
- 2006, Lily Allen, Iyiola Babalola, Darren Lewis, Tommy McCook (lyrics and music), “LDN”, in Alright, Still, performed by Lily Allen:
  A fella looking dapper / And he's sittin' with a slapper / Then I see it's a pimp / And his crack whore
- 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 167:
  You've got a photo of the dead grandad, no pic of the blonde slapper?
(countable, UK, Ireland, Australia, slang) A woman of loose morals.
(countable, military) A type of detonator which uses a powerful surge of electricity to vaporize a thin metal foil, propelling a larger piece of plastic film at a speed high enough to detonate an explosive upon impact.
(countable, slang, archaic) Anything monstrous; a whopper.