tapper

See also: Tapper and täpper

English

Etymology

tap +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tapper (plural tappers)

1. One who makes a tapping noise.
   • 1836-37, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

     A low tap was heard at the room door. Mr. Bob Sawyer looked expressively at his friend, and bade the tapper come in […]

2. A tap-dancer.
3. A phone tapper or wiretapper.
4. (baseball slang) A weakly hit ground ball.
5. (telegraphy) In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
6. (Britain, dialect) The lesser spotted woodpecker.
7. (US) A tapster.

Derived terms

• toe tapper
• toe-tapper

Anagrams

• Trappe

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Danish

Noun

tapper

1. indefinite plural of tap

Verb

tapper

1. present of tappe

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Middle English

Noun

tapper

1. Alternative form of taper