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tappers

tappers is the plural of tapper.

Meaning of tapper

Noun

tapper (plural tappers)

  1. 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
  2. A tap-dancer.
  3. A wiretapper.
  4. (slang) A weakly hit ground ball.
  5. In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
  6. (UK, dialectal) The lesser spotted woodpecker.

See all 9 meanings of tapper

Proper noun capitalized: Tappers

Tappers

  1. (plural) plural of Tapper

Phrases with tappers

Questions about tappers

What is tappers the plural of?
Tappers is the plural of tapper.
What part of speech is tappers?
Tappers is a proper noun.

Words near tappers in the dictionary

  1. tappen
  2. Tappenden
  3. Tappendens
  4. Tappens
  5. tapper
  6. tappers
  7. Tappertitian
  8. Tappes
  9. tappest
  10. tappet
  11. tappeth

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