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RAPPER
knocker, doorknocker, rapper
(noun) a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
rapper
(noun) someone who performs rap music
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rapper (plural rappers)
One who, or that which, raps or knocks.
The knocker of a door.
(historical, mining) A swinging knocker for making signals at the mouth of a shaft.
A spiritualistic medium who claims to receive communications from spirits in the form of knocking sounds.
(music) A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.
(obsolete, Scottish) 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.
(colloquial, dated) A bold lie; a whopper.
(colloquial, dated) A loud oath.
Anagrams
• RepRap
Source: Wiktionary
Rap"per, n. Etym: [From Rap.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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