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tapper.

One who makes a tapping noise.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. One who makes a tapping noise.

  2. A tap-dancer.

  3. A wiretapper.

  4. A weakly hit ground ball.

    slang
  5. In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.

  6. The lesser spotted woodpecker.

    UK · dialectal
  7. A tapster.

    US
  8. An assistant in the sport of paraswimming who taps blind or visually impaired swimmers with a pole to indicate when they should turn around.

Where this word comes from

From tap + -er.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.