dapper — ozdic

Definitions

adj

1

Neat, trim.

This entrance is through a little courtyard, in which is the stable and coach-house combined, where Madame Perinere, a lady who paints the magic word "Modes" beneath her name on the door-post of number seventeen, keeps the dapper little cart and pony which carry her bonnets to the farthest corner of Paris.

2

Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.

“It is too bad that monsieur has been troubled,” said Tarzan, turning to the newspaper man. “I bid monsieur good evening,” and he bowed the dapper young man out of the room, and closed the door in his face.

Going down the street, you would meet a typical commercial traveller, dapper and alert.

3

Quick; little and active.

noun

1

A plimsoll.

Collocations

4

ADJ.

alert, commercial, pretty, typical, wiry, young

VERB + DAPPER

bowed, looking

DAPPER + NOUN

ferret-like, haircut, man

PREP.

out, with

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

This entrance is through a little courtyard, in which is the stable and coach-house combined, where Madame Perinere, a lady who paints the magic word "Modes" beneath her name on the door-post of numbe

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02

“It is too bad that monsieur has been troubled,” said Tarzan, turning to the newspaper man. “I bid monsieur good evening,” and he bowed the dapper young man out of the room, and closed the door in his

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03

Going down the street, you would meet a typical commercial traveller, dapper and alert.

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04

Who's this dapper young man?

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05

He was a dapper man with a mustache that curled neatly at each tip.

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06

Holmes had sent on a wire, so that Lestrade, as wiry, as dapper, and as ferret-like as ever, was waiting for us at the station.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, dapper is marked as UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.