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 sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes

    [ Syn: tap dancer ]

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