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slapper.

One who, or that which, slaps.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈslæpɚ/General-American/ˈslæpə/Received-Pronunciation
  1. One who, or that which, slaps.

    countable
  2. A prostitute.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK · countable · slang
  3. A woman of loose morals.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK · countable · slang
  4. 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
  5. Anything monstrous; a whopper.

    archaic · countable · slang
Where this word comes from

From 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."

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