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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks;
[syn: tapster, tapper]

2. a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly;
- Example: "finger tappers irritated her"

3. a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads;

4. someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire;
[syn: tapper, wiretapper, phone tapper]

5. a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes;
[syn: tap dancer, tapper]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tapper \Tap"per\, n. (Zool.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tapper n 1: a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks [syn: tapster, tapper] 2: a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly; "finger tappers irritated her" 3: a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads 4: someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire [syn: tapper, wiretapper, phone tapper] 5: a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes [syn: tap dancer, tapper]