What does Dapper mean?

Definitions for Dapper
ˈdæp ərdap·per

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Dapper.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruceadjective

    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

    "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

Wiktionary

  1. dapperadjective

    neat, trim

  2. dapperadjective

    stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy

  3. Etymology: daper, from dapper "stalwart, nimble", from dapraz ‘heavy; bold’ (compare tapfer "bold", Norwegian daper "saddened, dreary"), from dʰeb- ‘thick, heavy’ (compare Tocharian A tpär ‘high’, Latvian dàbls ‘strong’, Serbo-Croatian дебео ‘fat’).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DAPPERadjective

    Little and active; lively without bulk. It is usually spoken in contempt.

    Etymology: dapper, Dutch.

    And on the tawny sands and shelves,
    Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves. John Milton.

    A pert dapper spark of a magpye, fancied the birds would never be governed ’till himself should sit at the helm. Roger L'Estrange.

ChatGPT

  1. dapper

    Dapper refers to a male who is neat, stylish, and well-groomed in his appearance, often with a bit of a fashionable or refined edge. It can also refer to being lively and alert. This term is typically used to compliment and appreciate someone's well-put-together and attractive appearance.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dapperadjective

    little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively

  2. Etymology: [OE. daper; prob. fr. D. dapper brave, valiant; akin to G. tapfer brave, OHG. taphar heavy, weighty, OSlav. dobr good, Russ. dobrui. Cf. Deft.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dapper

    dap′ėr, adj. quick: little and active: neat: spruce.—n. Dapp′erling, a dapper little fellow. [Dut. dapper, brave; cf. Ger. tapfer, quick, brave.]

CrunchBase

  1. Dapper

    Dapper lets users extract and structure data from around the web, and then create useful services based around this structured information. For example, Dapper allows users to create an RSS feed based on any web site, even if it’s not theirs, or create Flash widgets that display results from queries of specific data sets. Essentially, Dapper allows users to create an API for any website or service, and easily create mashups using it. In addition, Dapper has preempted intellectual property concerns by creating a system for content owners to easily control how their content is used by others on the Dapper service.Dapper has applied their underlying technology to the display advertising industry, allowing advertisers to create dynamic ads that incorporate content and functionality from their website, combining it with content from publisher sites. For example, Dapper powers ads in the travel vertical that bring back live hotel availabilities for cities that a user is reading about or searched for earlier.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DAPPER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dapper is ranked #51066 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Dapper surname appeared 408 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dapper.

    94.6% or 386 total occurrences were White.
    1.7% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.4% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Dapper in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Dapper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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