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stepper

Pronunciation: /ˈstɛ.pə(ɹ)/

The English word “stepper” has 12 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A person or animal that steps, especially energetically or high.
  2. A dancer.
  3. A dancer in a step show.
  4. A kind of electric motor that advances in steps rather than smoothly.
  5. A device used in the manufacture of microcircuits to apply a photolithographic image repeatedly, at regular intervals (by imaging, moving a step and repeating).
  6. A type of exercise machine.
  7. Anything that moves or advances in steps.
  8. A shoe, especially a fashionable or attractive shoe, or one used for step-dancing.
  9. A prison treadmill.
  10. A foot (appendage of the leg).
  11. The feet of anthropomorphic animals, especially paws.
  12. A kind of driving rhythm or drumbeat in reggae music.

Etymology

From step + -er.

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