Didapper
1Didapper — Di dap per, n. [For divedapper. See {Dive}, {Dap}, {Dip}, and cf. {Dabchick}.] (Zo[ o]l.) See {Dabchick}. [1913 Webster] …
2didapper — [dī′dap΄ər] n. [ME didopper < OE dufedoppa < dufan, to dive + doppa < base of dyppan: see DIP] DABCHICK …
3didapper — Dabchick Dab chick (d[a^]b ch[i^]k ), n. [For dabchick. See {Dap}, {Dip}, cf. {Dipchick}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small water bird ({Podilymbus podiceps}), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; called also {dapchick}, {dobchick},… …
4didapper — noun a) A small diving water bird frequenting rivers and fresh waters. The writer was not heard from for some time, but when he published a new novel was known as a didapper. b) (pejoratively) One who disappears for a time and suddenly reappears …
5didapper — /duy dap euhr/, n. a dabchick. [1400 50; late ME dydoppar; shortened form of dive dapper; see DAP] * * * …
6didapper — n. (Zoology) dabchick, dobber, type of small grebe …
7didapper — n. Dab chick, dob chick (Podiceps minor) …
8didapper — di·dap·per …
9didapper — /ˈdaɪdæpə / (say duydapuh) noun → dabchick (def. 3). {Middle English dydoppar, shortened form of dive dapper; see dive, dap1} …
10didapper — ˈdīˌdapə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English dydoppar, probably alteration of Old English dūfedoppa pelican, from dūfan to dive + doppa diver more at dive, dop : a dabchick or other small grebe …
