Associations to the word «Tapper»

TAPPER, noun. One who taps

TAPPER, noun. A tap-dancer

TAPPER, noun. A phone tapper or wiretapper

TAPPER, noun. (US) A tapster

TAPPER, noun. (telegraphy) In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.

TAPPER, noun. (UK) (dialect) The lesser spotted woodpecker.

TAPPER, noun. A tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks.

TAPPER, noun. A person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly; "finger tappers irritated her".

TAPPER, noun. A worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads.

TAPPER, noun. Someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire.

TAPPER, noun. A dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes.