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.
• Trappe
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
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
