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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