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tapper - What does it mean?

Definition of 'tapper'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • One who taps
  • * Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
  • A low tap was heard at the room door. Mr. Bob Sawyer looked expressively at his friend, and bade the tapper come in
  • A tap-dancer
  • A phone tapper or wiretapper
  • (US) A tapster
  • (telegraphy) In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
  • (UK|dialect) The lesser spotted woodpecker.