tapper

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun One who makes a tapping noise.
2. noun A tap-dancer.
3. noun A wiretapper.
4. noun A weakly hit ground ball.
5. noun In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
6. noun The lesser spotted woodpecker.
7. noun A tapster.
8. 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.

Similar words

toddy tippy-tap taper tamper fingertapping tick tack flam plug tap tick tappit hen

Often followed by

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Word family

tappers