Lapper

Origin

lap + -er

Full definition of lapper

Noun

1. One who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue.
• 1913, William Atherton Du Puy , Uncle Sam, Wonder Worker Chapter , ...that recipient of the favors and caresses of the hearthstone, that lapper of milk from the national saucer, the cat.
• 1827, ?, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Chapter , The pupils of the modern school discover in lion but the crafty, cruel, and cowardly lapper of blood.
2. (in combination) something (especially a race) that is a stated number of laps e.g. a 25-lapper
• 2001, Tim Bongard, Richard Petty: The Cars of the King Chapter , ...Richard Petty Private Collection outran Buck Baker's '62 Chrysler to win the 200-lapper. One week later, Jim Paschal finished second to race winner Junior.
3. (sports) A competitor who is one lap behind another, in the same race, and hence physically in front.
• June 2006, RoadRacingWorld.com - Stanton Tops Formula Pacific Podium In Fourth Round Of AFM Racing At ThunderhillAfter he tangled with the lapper I thought, ‘Man, that sucks’,” Dorsey explained. “Then I realized I was in the lead! I was going to just cruise home..
4. A mechanism that overlaps material to make it thicker; a lapping cylinder or lapping machine
5. (sailing) A headsail that overlaps the mast.

Verb

1. To make a gentle splashing sound, as the sound of flowing water.
• 1900?, S.R. Crockett, The Red Axe Chapter XXXVII, There was mockery of our foolhardy enterprise in the soft whispering sough of the water, as I heard it lapper beneath the ferry-boat that lay ready to cross to the other side.

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