Tapper

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tapper \Tap"per\, n. (Zool.)
     The lesser spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus minor}); --
     called also {tapperer}, {tabberer}, {little wood pie},
     {barred woodpecker}, {wood tapper}, {hickwall}, and {pump
     borer}. [Prov. Eng.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tapper
       n 1: a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks [syn: {tapster}]
       2: a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually
          repeatedly; "finger tappers irritated her"
       3: a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads
       4: someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire [syn: {wiretapper},
           {phone tapper}]
       5: a dancer who who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on
          the toes and heels of the shoes [syn: {tap dancer}]