# slapper

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈslæpɚ/ · frequency rank #70,260

## Definitions
1. One who, or that which, slaps.
2. A prostitute.
3. A woman of loose morals.
4. A 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. Anything monstrous; a whopper.

## Etymology
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."

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/slapper