terper
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 6
Definition of terper
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(humorous)A dancer or singer in the entertainment industry.
“Gene Nelson, Warner Bros fleetfooted terper, is going to try going straight in more than one sense. In Don't Cry Baby he won't dance except to a theoretical piper”
“It's adieu for terper Cornelius Carter who will leave our shores in a fortnight to become assistant director of the dance program at Harvard University”
“Ditto for Broadway terper Tommy Tune, who did his turn at the American Theatre”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From terpsichorean + -er (“the Variety -er”).
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