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Webster 1913 Edition

Wapper

Wap′per

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[freq. of
wap
, v.; cf. dial. G.
wappern
,
wippern
, to move up and down, to rock.]
To cause to shake; to tremble; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter.
[Obs.]

Wap′per

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A gudgeon.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Wapper

WAPPER

,
Noun.
A fish; a name given to the smaller species of the river gudgeon.

Definition 2024

wapper

wapper

English

Noun

wapper ‎(plural wappers)

  1. (Britain, dialect) A gudgeon.

Etymology 2

Frequentative of wap; compare German dialect wappern, wippern, to move up and down, to rock.

Verb

wapper ‎(third-person singular simple present wappers, present participle wappering, simple past and past participle wappered)

  1. To cause to shake; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

wapper

  1. first-person singular present indicative of wapperen
  2. imperative of wapperen

Etymology

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