Crossword clues for tapper
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tapper \Tap"per\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The lesser spotted woodpecker ( Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer. [Prov. Eng.]
Wiktionary
n. 1 One who taps 2 A tap-dancer 3 A phone tapper or wiretapper 4 (context US English) A tapster 5 (context telegraphy English) In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer. 6 (context UK dialect English) The lesser spotted woodpecker.
WordNet
n. a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks [syn: tapster]
a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly; "finger tappers irritated her"
a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads
someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire [syn: wiretapper, phone tapper]
a dancer who who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes [syn: tap dancer]
Wikipedia
Tapper, also known as Root Beer Tapper, is a 1983 arcade game released by Bally Midway. Tapper puts the player in the shoes of a bartender. The player must serve eager, thirsty patrons before their patience expires while collecting empty mugs and tips. The game was produced in association with Budweiser.
Several variants of the game were released, with similar gameplay but different graphics and music. The first was with Budweiser branding, followed in 1984 by Root Beer Tapper, which was developed specifically for arcades because the original version was construed as advertising alcohol to minors (since many of the games appeared in video game arcades). Developer Marvin Glass and Associates filed a patent in 1984 covering the game and variants, granted in 1987.
Tapper was ported to the Atari 8-bit family, Atari 5200, Atari 2600, BBC Micro, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum, IBM PC, and Amstrad CPC. Most of the home versions of Tapper featured the Mountain Dew logo, but retained the bartender character of the original arcade game instead of the soda jerk in Root Beer Tapper.
Tapper is a 1983 arcade game released by Bally Midway.
Tapper may also refer to:
- Tapper (surname)
- Spile for tapping trees
- Toddy tapper, one who cultivates palm wine
Tapper is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Brad Tapper (born 1978), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Bruce Elliot Tapper (born ?), American anthropologist
- Jake Tapper (born 1969), American journalist
- Kain Tapper (1930–2004), Finnish sculptor
- Michael Tapper (born ?), American drummer
- Richard Findlay Tapper (born 1968), former New Zealander freestyle swimmer
- Richard Tapper (21st century), English anthropologist
- Staffan Tapper (born 1948), Swedish footballer
- Walter Tapper (1861–1935), British architect
- Zoe Tapper (born 1981), English actress
Usage examples of "tapper".
Neither Ada nor Tapper missed the hint of mystery and Ada looked at him very sharply indeed.
He was halfway through his meal before Tapper had picked up his knife and fork.
He sat back with a sigh of contentment and watched Tapper consume a leisurely breakfast.
He no longer felt any apprehension about the van, for clearly Tapper was a man who could look after himself and anyone along with him.
Flash ran it together, Tapper and Flash taking turns to attend sales or go on the knock in search of stock which was then resold to The Trade or to holiday-makers visiting Kingsbay.
Talking this way they reached the village of Bletchley Wood, set in a verdant little valley on each side of a swift-flowing stream and after an enquiry in the main square Tapper drove the van beyond the last houses and into a steep drive that led between high clumps of evergreen to Cedar Walk, the home of the Hon.
A woman answered his ring and they exchanged conversation after which Tapper went in with a backward thumbs-up sign as the door closed behind him.
He was on the edge of a luxurious doze when the van door opened so suddenly that he almost toppled out onto an excited Tapper, who now looked eager and conspiratorial and laid a warning finger on his lips.
They were as Tapper had suggested, mediocre oil-paintings, the work of a Victorian artist obsessed with the cult of castle ruins and cloud-draped mountains.
He heard Tapper hiss with pleasure and bowing slightly in the direction of the Hon.
They drove off down the drive exchanging no word but once they were back on the road and coasting along into the village, Tapper relaxed and thumped Mr.
As they were pottering along at about twenty-eight miles per hour they heard an imperious hooting immediately behind them and Tapper glanced into his mirror and gave a snort of indignation.
Having got this grudge off his chest, Tapper relented and pulled in to allow Chipper to pass.
Sermon, however, had little opportunity to enquire about any of them for Tapper whisked him into the little study that lay between the dining-room and drawing-room and pointed to a small, marquetry chest of drawers with a label announcing it to be Lot 311.
At the same time Tapper left the room without a glance in their direction and Mr.