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wheeltapper

wheeltapper noun: a railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.

Noun

wheeltapper (plural wheeltappers)

  1. (UK, historical) A railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.

Forms of wheeltapper

pluralwheeltappers
alternative formwheel-tapper

Origin of wheeltapper

From wheel + tapper.

Questions about wheeltapper

What does wheeltapper mean?
Wheeltapper means a railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.
What part of speech is wheeltapper?
Wheeltapper is a noun.
What is the plural of wheeltapper?
The plural of wheeltapper is wheeltappers.

Words near wheeltapper in the dictionary

  1. wheelsucker
  2. wheelsuckers
  3. wheelsucking
  4. wheelsucks
  5. wheelswarf
  6. wheeltapper
  7. wheeltappers
  8. wheeltapping
  9. wheelway
  10. wheelways
  11. wheelwell

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