Associations to the word «Tapper»

Wiktionary

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.

Dictionary definition

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.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.