Definitions for dapper

dapper dap·per

Spelling: [dap-er]
IPA: /ˈdæp ər/

Dapper is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in dapper (adeppr).

Definitions for dapper

adjective

  1. neat; trim; smart:
  2. lively and brisk:
  3. small and active.

Origin of dapper

1400-50; late Middle English daper Middle Dutch dapper nimble, stalwart; cognate with German tapfer brave

Examples for dapper

He captured a dapper looking student, Jeremy Marek, leaning against the side of his car.

Other themes are more character-based, such as the “Bowie, Cocteau, Visconti” section, in deference to dandies and dapper men.

For the dapper gent whose favorite accessory is a strong cocktail.

They took in the dapper Britisher as if he had been a natural history specimen.

On the contrary, he was smart and dapper, and looked like the light-weight horseman he is.

Petersen was a convener of people, known on multiple continents as a careful thinker, dynamic speaker, and dapper dresser.

Tarling was haggard and weary, in contrast to the dapper inspector of police.

He struck me as a dapper man, noticeably, but not offensively, self-satisfied.

Clearly the dapper con men were not up to speed on all these recent developments.

The dapper little officer in khaki was Aguinaldo, and this is the story of how I saw him.

Word Value for dapper
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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