Meaning of Stepper | Babel Free

Definitions

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.
   colloquial, especially, in-plural
9. A prison treadmill.
   UK, historical, obsolete, slang
10. A foot.
    slang
11. The feet of anthropomorphic animals, especially paws.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“I marvel that these steppers upon flowers childishly make⟳ no provision for the pitfalls concealed beneath them.”

“Although Martha Haskins never won a prize at a dance⟳, she was proud of having been “a purty good stepper."”

“A Motion Picture Classic writer who witnessed the Reids at the Sunset Inn wrote, “Wally is some stepper. Let⟳ me tell⟳ you the boy can dance⟳."”

“Should there be a fey fiddler secreted among the musicians, or a seelie stepper on the dance⟳ floor, then the final tune⟳ of the evening could end⟳ with you dancing off with them, never to return⟳.”

“Shall I call⟳ your vader then? He's a most accomplished stepper. He can show⟳ you how to dance⟳.”

“He was a fancy stepper, and no doubt⟳ he figured that a good jig dance⟳ would improve⟳ his chances with Sis Hartnett.”

“Before he entered high school, he was a "stepper,” a practitioner of a local Philadelphia dance⟳ form⟳ derived from tapping.”

“Just as the early circular routines of fraternity and sorority steppers suggest⟳ the influence⟳ of patting juba, so too may they reflect⟳ another early African American dance⟳ form⟳, the “ring⟳ shout⟳.””

“Although research⟳ on this subject is somewhat inconclusive, there are several instances in which the African origins of the canes used by steppers, dancers, and Brazilian practitioners of the martial art form⟳ Maculele (which is also a dance⟳) are documented.”

“I am working out on the stepper, but I feel⟳ like⟳ dancing instead.”

“The Age field is a numeric stepper tool that allows you to scroll through a specific range of numbers.”

“"And I would dress smack daddy down." Tawanda throws her head back, laughing. "The other girls was all lacy-like, with high heels; I had steppers, low heels like⟳ men's spectator shoes, and pointy toes. I got the foot for it and I got the height; I would put⟳ on the suit⟳, the pantsuit, go out there with my megaphone, and step—I would STEP!" She hops to her feet and does a step or two.”

““[…] what are you wearing tonight?” “Well, I went to the mall and found the most amazing boots ever!” “Oh God, you and these boots. Ariel, you could open⟳ up a shoe store as many shoes as you have⟳.” “Shut⟳ up and look⟳ at my new steppers.””

“On the treadmill we were shut⟳ up in little boxes, almost pitch dark, and the handrail to catch⟳ hold⟳ of when treading the mill was so high […] I refused point⟳ blank, one morning, to go on the stepper on plea of illness, […]”

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