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Q: What does stepper mean in slang?

The expression Step” is slang for approaching someone with the intention of violence, either to fight or shoot. The expression Stepper” / Big Stepper” is slang for someone who carries guns and is about that life. The expression Stepping” is slang for fighting or shooting.

Notice that you don't see her actually fire a shot.

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Your hear ban ban ban and then cut to Gov. Meemaw holding a small automatic pistol with the slide back.

Empty magazine.

Ennyway, she's a 'high steppah'.

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noun

a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground when walking or trotting

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Words nearby high-stepper

high-speed steel, high-spirited, high spirits, high spot, high-step, high-stepper, high-stepping, high stick, high-sticking, High Street, high-strung

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How to use high-stepper in a sentence

Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.
Nor does the jet have the ability to capture high-definition video, utilize an infra-red pointer.
Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.
The most recent activity had a high point of 3.6 on the Richter Scale.

He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).
Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him.
The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.

Definition of high-stepper

: one that steps high especially : a spirited horse that moves with a high step

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from The Century Dictionary.

noun A horse that lifts its feet high from the ground.
noun Hence A person having a dashing or showy walk or bearing.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

noun colloq. A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing.

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

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Meanwhile, that other animated high-stepper still in the markeptlace?
The Weekend Steeple Chase (Movie Wise)
Though old and lean, Billy is a high-stepper and quick of foot; he never trips nor stumbles.
Last Leaves from Dunk Island
He was not stepping high or jaunty, and Gus was usually a high-stepper, in the mornings.
Comanche Moon
He was not stepping high or jaunty, and Gus was usually a high-stepper, in the mornings.
Comanche Moon
He was not stepping high or jaunty, and Gus was usually a high-stepper, in the mornings.
Comanche Moon
We are like a horse that has been trained to be a "high-stepper."
Humanly Speaking
"Once I run with a high-stepper from Bowlin 'Green, Kentucky, and she told me better nor that," he explained.
'Me--Smith'
Most fellers isn't so oneasy about a sister-in-law, but I reckon this one is different, being report says she's a high-stepper, said Walker, as he grinned at
Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice
A trick is always so low that a high-stepper can walk right over it.
Old Gorgon Graham
One's a high-stepper -- regular society -- was engaged to the patient and now acts as if she'd married him; and the other -- well, perhaps you can make her out; I can't.
The Dust Flower

What does a high stepper mean?

Definition of high-stepper : one that steps high especially : a spirited horse that moves with a high step.

What does stepper mean in slang?

The expression “Step” is slang for approaching someone with the intention of violence, either to fight or shoot. The expression “Stepper” / “Big Stepper” is slang for someone who carries guns and is about that life. The expression “Stepping” is slang for fighting or shooting.