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tapper
English
Etymology
tap +? -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
tapper (plural tappers)
- One who makes a tapping noise.
- 1836-37, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
- A low tap was heard at the room door. Mr. Bob Sawyer looked expressively at his friend, and bade the tapper come in […]
- 1836-37, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
- A tap-dancer.
- A phone tapper or wiretapper.
- (baseball slang) A weakly hit ground ball.
- (telegraphy) In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
- (Britain, dialect) The lesser spotted woodpecker.
- (US) A tapster.
Derived terms
- toe tapper, toe-tapper
- wheeltapper, wheel-tapper
Anagrams
- Trappe
Danish
Noun
tapper
- indefinite plural of tap
Verb
tapper
- present of tappe
Middle English
Noun
tapper
- Alternative form of taper
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish dapper, from Middle Low German dapper, tapper. Further origin disputed. Possibly cognate with Old Norse dapr (“heavy”), German tapfer (“dauntless”) and English dapper.
Adjective
tapper (comparative tapprare, superlative tapprast)
- brave
- Synonyms: modig, djärv, orädd
Declension
Derived terms
- tapperhet
References
- tapper in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tapper in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tapper in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- tapper in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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sapper
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sappeur (French sapeur). Surface etymology is sap +? -er.
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?p??r
- Rhymes: -æp?(r)
Noun
sapper (plural sappers)
- One who saps; specifically, one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like. Often known as a combat engineer or military engineer.
- (Britain, colloquial) An officer or private of the Royal Engineers.
Translations
Anagrams
- papers
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