tapper

tapper is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer.
2. noun. a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes
3. noun. someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire

   Synonyms: wiretapper

4. noun. a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads
5. noun. a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly

   "finger tappers irritated her"

6. noun. a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks

   Synonyms: tapster

Synonyms

wiretapper, tapster

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tapper:

appert

Common word forms

tappers, tapperer

Words from these letters

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