SLAPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slapper mean? 

• SLAPPER (noun)
  The noun SLAPPER has 1 sense:

1. a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand

  Familiarity information: SLAPPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLAPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

slapper; spanker

Context example:

my father was the designated spanker in our family

Hypernyms ("slapper" is a kind of...):

hitter; striker (someone who hits)

Derivation:

slap (hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand)