🐶 Licks up liquid 🏁 Race competitor 🛠️ Surface polisher

lapper

1 7.4

A competitor who goes around the track or pool one more time than another racer

noun
/ˈlæpər/

: competidor

Yeah, that second term of yours was a real victory lapper, wasn't it, Dubbers?

Examples

The dog was a swift lapper, finishing the race well ahead of the other competitors.
In the swimming competition, Jennifer was the fastest lapper, completing each lap in record time.
During the marathon, he was known as the best lapper among the runners, consistently leading the pack.

Synonyms

finisher

vslapper

14 3.5

A person, animal, or vehicle that completes a race

focuses on completing individual laps rather than the entire event

racer

vslapper

1 2.0

An animal like a horse or dog that runs in competitions to see who is fastest

is focused on completing laps rather than merely participating in races

How Fast

chugger

Slang

1 9.2

gulper

1 8.2

lapper

1 7.4

sipper

1 6.2

Surface Forms

lapper singular

lappers plural

Morphology

lapper = lap (transparent) = lap + er

The suffix '-er' is used to denote a person or thing that performs an action, making the meaning clear.

Etymology

Lapper comes from the common word lap, which can mean 'to drink with the tongue' or a 'single circuit around a track'. So a lapper can be an animal that laps liquid or a competitor who completes laps.