Meaning of Tapper | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname originating as an occupation for an innkeeper or wine merchant.
2. One who makes a tapping noise.
3. A tap-dancer.
4. A wiretapper.
5. A weakly hit ground ball.
   slang
6. In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
7. The lesser spotted woodpecker.
   British, dialectal
8. A tapster.
   US
9. An assistant in the sport of paraswimming who taps blind or visually impaired swimmers with a pole to indicate when they should turn around.

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Examples

“A low tap was heard at the room door. Mr. Bob Sawyer looked expressively at his friend, and bade the tapper come in[…]”

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