lapper - What does it mean?

Noun

(en-noun)

One who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue.

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|year=1913 |author=William Atherton Du Puy |title= Uncle Sam, Wonder Worker |chapter= citation |isbn= |page=? |passage=...that recipient of the favors and caresses of the hearthstone, that lapper of milk from the national saucer, the cat.}}

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|year=1827 |author=? |title=Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine |chapter= citation |isbn= |page=470 |passage=The pupils of the modern school discover in [the lion] but the crafty, cruel, and cowardly lapper of blood.}}

(in combination'') something (especially a race) that is a stated number of laps e.g. ''a 25-lapper

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|year=2001 |author=Tim Bongard |title= Richard Petty: The Cars of the King |chapter= citation |isbn= |page=? |passage=...Richard Petty Private Collection outran Buck Baker's '62 Chrysler to win the 200-lapper. One week later, Jim Paschal finished second to race winner Junior.}}

(sports) A competitor who is one lap behind another, in the same race, and hence physically in front.

* June 2006 , RoadRacingWorld.com - Stanton Tops Formula Pacific Podium In Fourth Round Of AFM Racing At Thunderhill

After he tangled with the lapper I thought, ‘Man, that sucks’,” Dorsey explained. “Then I realized I was in the lead! I was going to just cruise home..

A mechanism that overlaps material to make it thicker; a lapping cylinder or lapping machine

(sailing) A headsail that overlaps the mast.