slapper
nounUS /ˈslæpɚ/ · UK /ˈslæpə/
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."
1
One who, or that which, slaps.
2
Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Slang A prostitute.
- A fella looking dapper / And he's sittin' with a slapper / Then I see it's a pimp / And his crack whore2006, Lily Allen, Iyiola Babalola, Darren Lewis, Tommy McCook, “LDN”, in Alright, Still, performed by Lily Allen:
- You've got a photo of the dead grandad, no pic of the blonde slapper?2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 167:
3
Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Slang A woman of loose morals.
4
Government, Military, Politics, War 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.
- Derived terms
- ankle slapper, happy slapper, headslapper, Kappa slapper, knee slapper, tank-slapper, tank slapper, thigh-slapper, wicker slapper