tapper, wiretapper, phone tapper
(noun) someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire
tapper
(noun) a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads
tapper
(noun) a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly; “finger tappers irritated her”
tapster, tapper
(noun) a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tapper (plural tappers)
One who makes a tapping noise.
A tap-dancer.
A phone tapper or wiretapper.
(baseball slang) A weakly hit ground ball.
(US) A tapster.
(telegraphy) In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
(UK, dialect) The lesser spotted woodpecker.
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Tapper (plural Tappers)
An occupational surname for an innkeeper or wine merchant.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tapper is the 12978th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2366 individuals. Tapper is most common among White (81.49%) and Black/African American (13.4%) individuals.
• Trappe
Source: Wiktionary
Tap"per, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 February 2025
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
