tapper

(Engels)

1. One who makes a tapping noise.
2. A tap-dancer.
3. A phone tapper or wiretapper.
4. (slang) A weakly hit ground ball.
5. In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
6. (British, dialectal) The lesser spotted woodpecker.
7. (US) A tapster.
8. An assistant in the sport of paraswimming who taps blind or visually impaired swimmers with a pole to indicate when they should turn around.

Etymologie (Engels)

From tap + -er.

Synoniemen

tapster

wiretapper

tap dancer

phone tapper

crossbar

eavesdropper

jib

publican

stepper

threading machine

wine waiter

saloon keeper

transverse member

tail arm

barkeep

machine-working taps

barkeeper

barman

bartender

Vertalingen

maniple

مسترق الأسلاك

ballarí de claqué

χορευτής με κλακέτες

seringueiro

bodeguero