tapper
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
Types & categories
- publican hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly
finger tappers irritated her
Types & categories
- person hypernym
Related & opposite
- tap derivation
Sense 3 noun
a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads
Types & categories
- worker hypernym
Related & opposite
- tap derivation
Sense 4 noun
someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire
Types & categories
- eavesdropper hypernym
Related & opposite
- wiretap derivation
Sense 5 noun
a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes
Types & categories
- dancer hypernym
Related & opposite
- tapdance derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spigot |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hydrant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tap |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tap |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | publican |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tap |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tap |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | worker |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wiretap |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | eavesdropper |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tapdance |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | dancer |