Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tapper

/tˈæpɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
tap-per
IPA
/tˈæpɚ/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who makes a tapping noise.

noun

A tap-dancer.

noun

A wiretapper.

noun

A weakly hit ground ball.

Slang

noun

In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.

noun

The lesser spotted woodpecker.

British usage

noun

A tapster.

American usage

noun

An assistant in the sport of paraswimming who taps blind or visually impaired swimmers with a pole to indicate when they should turn around.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From tap + -er.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tappers (plural)

Derived Forms

hypertapper

Phrases

rubber tapper till-tapper toe tapper toe-tapper wheeltapper wheel-tapper

Synonyms

tap dancer wiretapper phone tapper tapster

Rhymes With

rapper wrapper snapper trapper clapper dapper flapper capper sapper kapur napper klapper

Questions

How do you pronounce tapper?
The recorded pronunciation is /tˈæpɚ/.
What does tapper mean?
One who makes a tapping noise.
Where does tapper come from?
From tap + -er.

How to pronounce tapper

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