stepper

Meanings

Plural: steppers

Noun

• a professional dancer
• a motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps
• a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting
• A person or animal that steps, especially energetically or high.
• A dancer.
• A dancer in a step show.
• A kind of electric motor that advances in steps rather than smoothly.
• A device used in the manufacture of microcircuits to apply a photolithographic image repeatedly, at regular intervals (by imaging, moving a step and repeating).
• A type of exercise machine.
• Anything that moves or advances in steps.
• A shoe, especially a fashionable or attractive shoe, or one used for step-dancing.
• A prison treadmill.

Synonyms

high stepper, hoofer, stepping motor