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tapper

noun

Etymology

From tap + -er.

  1. inherited from *tappōną✻
  2. inherited from tæppian — “to provide (a container) with a stopper; to obtain (liquid) from a tap”
  3. inherited from tappen — “to obtain (liquid, chiefly liquor) from a tap; to obtain and sell (liquor)”
  4. inherited from *deh₂p-✻ — “to lose; to sacrifice”
  5. inherited from *tappô✻ — “a plug, tap; peg; tapering stick”
  6. inherited from *tappō✻
  7. inherited from tæppa
  8. inherited from tappe — “hollow device for controlling the flow of liquid from a hole, cock, faucet, spigot; hole through which the liquid flows; the liquid which thus flows”
  9. suffixed as tapper — “tap + er”

Definitions

  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[…]

  2. A tap-dancer.

  3. A wiretapper.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A weakly hit ground ball.

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

    3. The lesser spotted woodpecker.

    4. A tapster.

    5. An assistant in the sport of paraswimming who taps blind or visually impaired swimmers…

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

    6. A surname originating as an occupation for an innkeeper or wine merchant.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA