slapper

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US/ˈslæpɚ/UK/ˈslæpə/

noun

One who, or that which, slaps.

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Meanings

nounslapper (plural slappers)

plural slappers

  1. countableOne who, or that which, slaps.
  2. CommonwealthIrelandUKcountableslangA prostitute.

    You've got a photo of the dead grandad, no pic of the blonde slapper?

    2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 167
    1 more example

    A fella looking dapper / And he's sittin' with a slapper / Then I see it's a pimp / And his crack whore

    2006, Lily Allen, Iyiola Babalola, Darren Lewis, Tommy McCook, “LDN”, in Alright, Still, performed by Lily Allen
  3. CommonwealthIrelandUKcountableslangA woman of loose morals.
  4. countablegovernmentA type of detonator which uses a powerful surge of electricity to vaporize a thin metal foil, propelling a larger piece of plastic film at a speed high enough to detonate an explosive upon impact.
  5. archaiccountableslangAnything monstrous; a whopper.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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Origin

From slap + -er. For senses 2 and 3, the OED tentatively quotes the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang: "This working class term from East London and Essex is probably a corruption of shlepper or schlepper, a word of Yiddish origin, one of whose meanings is a slovenly or immoral woman."

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Translations

Afrikaans hoer, slet
  • hoerprostitute
  • sletfemale of loose morals
Bulgarian проститутка, курва
  • проститутка (prostitutka)prostitute
  • курва (kurva)female of loose morals
Dutch hoer, slet
  • hoerprostitute
  • sletfemale of loose morals
French putain
  • putainfemale of loose morals
German Nutte, Hure
  • Nutteprostitute
  • Hureprostitute
  • Schlampefemale of loose morals
Scottish Gaelic strìopach, siùrsach
  • strìopachprostitute
  • siùrsachprostitute
  • luidfemale of loose morals
  • leodagfemale of loose morals
  • reipseachfemale of loose morals
  • slapagfemale of loose morals
Spanish puta, zorra
  • putaprostitute
  • zorrafemale of loose morals
  • ramerafemale of loose morals
  • putafemale of loose morals
Swedish hora, slampa
  • horaprostitute
  • slampafemale of loose morals

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Cite this entry
APA

slapper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slapper

MLA

“slapper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slapper. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slapper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slapper.

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