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tapper
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tapper has 5 senses
- tapper(n = noun.person) tapster - a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks; Array is a kind of publican, tavern keeper
- tapper(n = noun.person) Array - a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly; "finger tappers irritated her" is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- tapper(n = noun.person) Array - a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads; Array is a kind of worker
- tapper(n = noun.person) phone tapper, wiretapper - someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire; Array is a kind of eavesdropper
- tapper(n = noun.person) tap dancer - a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes; Array is a kind of dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean
Derived forms verb tap10, verb tap6
Derived form verb tap3
Derived form verb tap1
Derived form verb tap5
Derived form verb tap9
CIDE DICTIONARY
tapper, n.
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor ); -- called also tapperer , tabberer , little wood pie , barred woodpecker , wood tapper , hickwall , and pump borer . [1913 Webster]
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