tapper
nounEtymology From tap + -er.
8 senses
1
One who makes a tapping noise.
- A low tap was heard at the room door. Mr. Bob Sawyer looked expressively at his friend, and bade the tapper come in[…]1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
2
A tap-dancer.
3
A wiretapper.
4
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Slang A weakly hit ground ball.
5
Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Telecommunications, Telegraphy In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
7
US A tapster.
8
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports An assistant in the sport of paraswimming who taps blind or visually impaired swimmers with a pole to indicate when they should turn around.
- Derived terms
- hypertapper, rubber tapper, till-tapper, toe tapper, toe-tapper wheeltapper, wheel-tapper