tapper

1
[ tap-er ]

noun
  1. a person or thing that taps or strikes lightly.

  2. a telegraph key.

Origin of tapper

1
First recorded in 1800–10; tap1 + -er1

Words Nearby tapper

Other definitions for tapper (2 of 2)

tapper2
[ tap-er ]

noun
  1. a person or thing that taps, as trees for the sap or juice, a blast furnace, cask, or other container for their contents, etc.

  2. a person who cuts screw threads into the surface of a circular opening, as of a pipe, nut, etc.

Origin of tapper

2
before 1000; Old English tæppere (not recorded in ME); see tap2, -er1

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How to use tapper in a sentence

  • He is the latest ABC journalist to join CNN, after anchor John Berman and White House correspondent Jake tapper.

    Chris Cuomo Moving to CNN | Howard Kurtz | January 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • If when the tapper strikes the bell at the end of the week no ear is within a hundred miles, is any sound produced?

    Physics | Willis Eugene Tower
  • Suddenly there sounded the sharp click of the tapper as it struck the coherer.

    The Story of Great Inventions | Elmer Ellsworth Burns
  • Had you passed him in that neighborhood you would have set him down as a wire-tapper, a racing tout, a would-be actor.

    Once Upon A Time | Richard Harding Davis
  • At the request of Mr. tapper Mr. Victor Falkenau made a statement to show the corrupt methods of the walking delegate.

    30,000 Locked Out. | James C. Beeks
  • Mr. George tapper, who was also at the meeting, said his impression of the conference was decidedly unfavorable.

    30,000 Locked Out. | James C. Beeks

British Dictionary definitions for tapper

tapper

/ (ˈtæpə) /


noun
  1. a person who taps

  2. a tool or instrument that taps

  1. Northern English dialect an unstable and violent person

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