tapper — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. One who makes a tapping noise.

   Esempi

   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.

   Uso

   • gergo

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

6. The lesser spotted woodpecker.

   Uso

   • uso britannico
   • dialectal

7. A tapster.

   Uso

   • uso statunitense

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.

Sostantivo

1. a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks

   Sinonimi

   tapster

   Termini più generali

   publicantavern keeper

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

   Termini più generali

   actordoerworker

   Esempi

   finger tappers irritated her

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

   Termini più generali

   worker

4. someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire

   Sinonimi

   wiretapperphone tapper

   Termini più generali

   eavesdropper

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

   Sinonimi

   tap dancer

   Termini più generali

   dancerprofessional dancerterpsichorean