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Dapper vs Yapper - What's the difference?

dapper | yapper |

As an adjective dapper

is neat, trim.

As a noun yapper is

one's mouth, especially of a gossipy person.

dapper

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Neat, trim.
  • * 1892 , , The Slave Of The Lamp :
    • This entrance is through a little courtyard, in which is the stable and coach-house combined, where Madame Perinere, a lady who paints the magic word "Modes" beneath her name on the door-post of number seventeen, keeps the dapper little cart and pony which carry her bonnets to the farthest corner of Paris.
  • Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
  • * 1917 , , The Man With Two Left Feet :
    • Going down the street, you would meet a typical commercial traveller, dapper and alert.

    Derived terms

    * Dapper Dan

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    yapper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) One's mouth, especially of a gossipy person.
    • Shut your yapper or I'll shut it for you!
  • One who yaps.
  • * 2004 , Theresa Mancus, Who moved my bone?: a guide for multi-dog households (page 25)
    • If you want your pack to be a deterrent against burglars or muggers, forget about small dogs, yappers though they be. Focus on the larger breeds, particularly working stock with strong instinctual drives.

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