tapper

Meanings

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

1. A surname originating as an occupation for an innkeeper or wine merchant.

Etymology

From tap + -er.