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A hitter who slaps with an open hand
Answer for the clue "A hitter who slaps with an open hand ", 7 letters:
slapper
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slapper \Slap"per\, n. One who, or that which, slaps. Anything monstrous; a whopper. [Slang] --Grose.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable English) One who, or that which, slaps. 2 (context countable UK Ireland slang English) A prostitute. 3 (context countable UK Ireland Australia slang English) A woman of loose morals. 4 (context countable slang archaic English) Anything ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"large or impressive person or thing," 1781, agent noun from slap (v.). Also see whopper .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Slapper may refer to: Slapper detonator Slapper, a metalworking hand tool Slapper, a character in Transformers: Robots in Disguise A slag (slang) "Slapper" (Ayye) , a single by Nadia Oh
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand; "someone slapped me on the back and I turned to see who the slapper was"; "my father was the designated spanker in our family" [syn: spanker ]
Usage examples of slapper.
It was an old trick, and it always worked: Two slappers came by, hollering and shouting at the boys inside, flashing their arses and working parts.
Slappers--- well, to speak true, they're not your proper Slappers, on account of the lack of hinging.
Many's the time I was wishing they were true slappers, I mean a slapper fit with hinging, and all the more when it rains--- then it's a cold puddle inside, I can tell you---"
Now, other coaches, they've their slappers mounted both the same, but it's a bother in the yards, you see, for it means the coach must be clamped with the slappers backward, and---"