Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wheeltapper

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wheeltap-per
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.

British usage

Etymology

From wheel + tapper.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

wheeltappers (plural) wheel-tapper (alternative)

Questions

What does wheeltapper mean?: A railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.
Where does wheeltapper come from?: From wheel + tapper.

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