wapperEtymologyFrequentative of wap; compare German dialect wappern, wippern (“to move up and down, to rock”).verbTo exhaust; to tire out.“this is it, That makes the wapper'd widow wed again;”To move weakly or tremulously; to flag.“But still he stode, his face to set awrye, And wappering turnid vp his white of eye.”nounA mischievous sprite.“"And a wapper, too; when I first saw it I thought it was a rabbit, and now it's bigger than a deer, and still a mile or two off," said Joe.”