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Tapper

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation for an innkeeper or wine merchant.
Noun
  1. 1
    One who makes a tapping noise.

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

  2. 2
    a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes wordnet
  3. 3
    A tap-dancer.
  4. 4
    someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire wordnet
  5. 5
    A wiretapper.
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  1. 6
    a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads wordnet
  2. 7
    A weakly hit ground ball. slang
  3. 8
    a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly wordnet
  4. 9
    In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
  5. 10
    a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks wordnet
  6. 11
    The lesser spotted woodpecker. British, dialectal
  7. 12
    A tapster. US
  8. 13
    An assistant in the sport of paraswimming who taps blind or visually impaired swimmers with a pole to indicate when they should turn around.

Etymology

From tap + -er.

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