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
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.
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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
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
