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tapper

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tap·per  (tpr)
n.
One that taps.

tapper [ˈtæpə]
n
1. a person who taps
2. (Engineering / Tools) a tool or instrument that taps
3. Northern English dialect an unstable and violent person
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tapper - a tavern keeper who taps kegs or caskstapper - a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
publican, tavern keeper - the keeper of a public house
2.tapper - a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly; "finger tappers irritated her"
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
3.tapper - a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads
worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
4.tapper - someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire
eavesdropper - a secret listener to private conversations
5.tapper - a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoestapper - a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes
dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean - a performer who dances professionally
Translations
tapper [ˈtæpəʳ] N (Elec, Telec) → manipulador m


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Analytical Chemist goes to the door, confers angrily with unseen tapper, appears to become mollified by descrying reason in the tapping, and goes out.
Bob Sawyer looked expressively at his friend, and bade the tapper come in; whereupon a dirty, slipshod girl in black cotton stockings, who might have passed for the neglected daughter of a superannuated dustman in very reduced circumstances, thrust in her head, and said--
 
 
 
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