tapper

Other forms of tapper

plural

tappers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tapper

What does tapper mean?

tapper means "a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tapper?

tapper has 2 syllables: tap-per. The stress falls on "tap". In IPA it is /ˈtæpɚ/.

What is another word for tapper?

Close synonyms include tapster, wiretapper, phone tapper, tap dancer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tapper a common word?

tapper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.