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BNC: 43290 COCA: 27951
BNC: 43290 COCA: 27951

tapper

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noun (1)

tap·​per ˈta-pər How to pronounce tapper (audio)
plural tappers
1
: one who taps something or produces a tapping sound
a toe tapper
a pencil tapper
A low tap was heard at the room door. Mr. Bob Sawyer looked expressively at his friend, and bade the tapper come in … Charles Dickens
2
baseball : a lightly struck ground ball
… fielded a ninth-inning tapper Peter Gammons
… scored the winning run on Tony Batista's weak but effective tapper over the mound. Gordon Edes
3
a
: a person who tap dances : tap dancer
The dancing on drums is remarkable, but the show-stealer is something called Sand Dance, which turns out to be just that: lanky tapper Guillem Alonso … steps and shuffles on a thin layer of sand. Gordon Cox
b
: tap shoe
… put on his tappers with a sparkling shoehorn … Michael Small

tapper

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noun (2)

plural tappers
1
: one who extracts a fluid by tapping something
keg tappers
tree tappers
The state of Vermont is packed with maple trees and maple tappers and is famed for its maple syrup. Jamie Harrison and Shelley Boris
… set aside large areas of Brazilian rainforest as "extractive reserves," where rubber tappers, nut gatherers, and other local peoples can harvest renewable forest products. Environmental Defense Fund
also : something that is tapped to extract fluid
… Japanese maples are excellent tappers. Steven R. Lorton
2
: one who connects to something (such as a telephone line or radio signal) to obtain information surreptitiously
The Internet … has provided new frontiers for law enforcement tappers. John Schwartz
… hired a tapper to intercept telegraph messages in the Civil War. John Schwartz

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1810, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of tapper was before the 12th century
BNC: 43290 COCA: 27951

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