slapper

Meaning

1. (countable) One who, or that which, slaps.
2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, slang) A prostitute.
3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, slang) A woman of loose morals.
4. (countable) 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. (archaic, countable, slang) Anything monstrous; a whopper.

Synonyms

spanker

estate car

station wagon

van

Translations

puta

putain

Schlampe

Nutte

ramera

zorra

Hure

vettura familiare

giardinetta

wagen

carro

carmelita

carro

coche

🚗

yük vagonu

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈslæpɚ/

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."