Substantiv
One who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue.
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...that recipient of the favors and caresses of the hearthstone, that lapper of milk from the national saucer, the cat.
The pupils of the modern school discover in [the lion] but the crafty, cruel, and cowardly lapper of blood.
Something (especially a race) that has a stated number of laps.
Gebrauch- in Zusammensetzungen
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[…] 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.
A competitor who is one lap behind another, in the same race, and hence physically in front.
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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.
One who wraps or folds.
A mechanism that overlaps material to make it thicker; a lapping cylinder or lapping machine.
A headsail that overlaps the mast.
Verb
To make a gentle splashing sound, as the sound of flowing water.
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There was mockery of our foolhardy enterprise in the soft whispering sough of the water, as I heard it lapper beneath the ferry-boat that lay ready to cross to the other side.