tapper — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. One who makes a tapping noise.

   Beispiele

   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. A weakly hit ground ball.

   Gebrauch

   • Slang

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

6. The lesser spotted woodpecker.

   Gebrauch

   • britischer Gebrauch
   • dialectal

7. A tapster.

   Gebrauch

   • US-amerikanischer Gebrauch

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.

Substantiv

1. a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks

   Synonyme

   tapster

   Oberbegriffe

   publicantavern keeper

2. a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly

   Oberbegriffe

   actordoerworker

   Beispiele

   finger tappers irritated her

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

   Oberbegriffe

   worker

4. someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire

   Synonyme

   wiretapperphone tapper

   Oberbegriffe

   eavesdropper

5. a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes

   Synonyme

   tap dancer

   Oberbegriffe

   dancerprofessional dancerterpsichorean