tapper
tapper noun: one who makes a tapping noise.
Noun
tapper (plural tappers)
- One who makes a tapping noise.
- A low tap was heard at the room door. Mr. Bob Sawyer looked expressively at his friend, and bade the tapper come in[…]1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC
- A tap-dancer.
- A wiretapper.
- A weakly hit ground ball.
- In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
- The lesser spotted woodpecker.
- A tapster.
- An assistant in the sport of paraswimming who taps blind or visually impaired swimmers with a pole to indicate when they should turn around.
Proper noun capitalized: Tapper
Tapper (plural Tappers)
tapper meaning in Tamil
tapper in Tamil
- குறைத்தல்
Forms of tapper
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tappers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Tappers |
Origin of tapper
From tap + -er.
Words formed from tapper
- hypertapper
- rubber tapper
- till-tapper
- toe tapper
- toe-tapper wheeltapper
- wheel-tapper
Questions about tapper
- What does tapper mean?
- Tapper means one who makes a tapping noise.
- What is tapper in Tamil?
- Tapper in Tamil is குறைத்தல். See Tapper meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tapper?
- Tapper can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of tapper?
- The plural of tapper is tappers.
Words near tapper in the dictionary
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