The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wapper
Wapper \Wap"per\, v. t. & i. [freq. of wap, v.; cf. dial. G. wappern, wippern, to move up and down, to rock.] To cause to shake; to tremble; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter. [Obs.]
Wapper
Wapper \Wap"per\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A gudgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
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wapper
Etymology 1 n. (context UK dialect English) A gudgeon. Etymology 2
vb. To cause to shake; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter.
Usage examples of "wapper".
Lord, what a chap my master must be, to be sure, when he was making a man -- he thought he might as well have a wapper at once, I suppose.