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tap·per

(tăp′ər)

One that taps.

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tapper

(ˈtæpə)

1. a person who taps

2. (Tools) a tool or instrument that taps

3. dialect Northern English an unstable and violent person

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Noun	1.	tapper - a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks tapster publican, tavern keeper - the keeper of a public house
	2.	tapper - a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly; "finger tappers irritated her" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	3.	tapper - a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
	4.	tapper - someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire phone tapper, wiretapper eavesdropper - a secret listener to private conversations
	5.	tapper - a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes tap dancer dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean - a performer who dances professionally

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tapper

[ˈtæpəʳ] N (Elec, Telec) → manipulador m

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Analytical Chemist goes to the door, confers angrily with unseen tapper, appears to become mollified by descrying reason in the tapping, and goes out.

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Bob Sawyer looked expressively at his friend, and bade the tapper come in; whereupon a dirty, slipshod girl in black cotton stockings, who might have passed for the neglected daughter of a superannuated dustman in very reduced circumstances, thrust in her head, and said--

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