tapper

== English == === Etymology === From tap +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === === Noun === tapper (plural tappers) One who makes a tapping noise. A tap-dancer. A wiretapper. (baseball, slang) A weakly hit ground ball. (telegraphy) In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer. (British, dialect) The lesser spotted woodpecker. (US) A tapster. (sports) An assistant in the sport of paraswimming who taps blind or visually impaired swimmers with a pole to indicate when they should turn around. ==== Derived terms ==== rubber tapper till-tapper toe tapper, toe-tapper wheeltapper, wheel-tapper === Anagrams === Trappe == Danish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German dapper, tapper. Further origin disputed. Possibly cognate with Old Norse dapr (“heavy”), German tapfer (“dauntless”) and English dapper. === Adjective === tapper (neuter tappert, plural and definite singular attributive tapre) brave, courageous Synonyms: modig, dristig ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== tapperhed === References === “tapper” in Den Danske Ordbog == Estonian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑpːer/, [ˈtɑpːer] === Noun === tapper (genitive tapri, partitive taprit) battle axe (ancient military weapon) Synonyms: sõjakirves, võitluskirves ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tapper”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014 “tapper”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 “tapper”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN tapper in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) == 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 [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “tapper”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “tapper”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) tapper in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === tappre