# stepper

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #59,729

## Definitions
1. A person or animal that steps, especially energetically or high.
2. A dancer.
3. A dancer in a step show.
4. A kind of electric motor that advances in steps rather than smoothly.
5. A device used in the manufacture of microcircuits to apply a photolithographic image repeatedly, at regular intervals (by imaging, moving a step and repeating).
6. A type of exercise machine.
7. Anything that moves or advances in steps.
8. A shoe, especially a fashionable or attractive shoe, or one used for step-dancing.
9. A prison treadmill.
10. A foot.
11. The feet of anthropomorphic animals, especially paws.

## Etymology
From step + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stepper