STEPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stepper mean? 

• STEPPER (noun)
  The noun STEPPER has 3 senses:

1. a professional dancer

2. a motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps

3. a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting

  Familiarity information: STEPPER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A professional dancer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

hoofer; stepper

Hypernyms ("stepper" is a kind of...):

dancer; professional dancer; terpsichorean (a performer who dances professionally)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

stepper; stepping motor

Hypernyms ("stepper" is a kind of...):

motor (machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

high stepper; stepper

Hypernyms ("stepper" is a kind of...):

Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)