[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]