tapper
n 1: a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks [syn: {tapster},
{tapper}]
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:
{tapper}, {wiretapper}, {phone tapper}]
5: a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the
toes and heels of the shoes [syn: {tap dancer}, {tapper}]
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.]
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