TAPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tapper mean? 

• TAPPER (noun)
  The noun TAPPER has 5 senses:

1. a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks

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

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

4. someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire

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

  Familiarity information: TAPPER used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

tapper; tapster

Hypernyms ("tapper" is a kind of...):

publican; tavern keeper (the keeper of a public house)

Derivation:

tap (draw (liquor) from a tap)

tap (furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

finger tappers irritated her

Hypernyms ("tapper" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

tap (strike lightly)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("tapper" is a kind of...):

worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)

Derivation:

tap (cut a female screw thread with a tap)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

phone tapper; tapper; wiretapper

Hypernyms ("tapper" is a kind of...):

eavesdropper (a secret listener to private conversations)

Derivation:

tap (tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information)

Sense 5

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

tap dancer; tapper

Hypernyms ("tapper" is a kind of...):

dancer; professional dancer; terpsichorean (a performer who dances professionally)

Derivation:

tap (dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes)