tapper

See also: Tapper, täpper, and tæpper

English

Etymology

From tap +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tapper (plural tappers)

  1. One who makes a tapping noise.
  2. A tap-dancer.
  3. A phone or wiretapper.
  4. (baseball slang) A weakly hit ground ball.
  5. (telegraphy) In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
  6. (British, dialect) The lesser spotted woodpecker.
  7. (US) A tapster.
  8. (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.

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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

  1. brave, courageous
    Synonyms: modig, dristig

Inflection

Inflection of tapper
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular tapper — —2
indefinite neuter singular tappert — —2
plural tapre — —2
definite attributive1 tapre — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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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)

  1. battle axe (ancient military weapon)
    Synonyms: sõjakirves, võitluskirves

Declension

Declension of tapper (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tapper taprid
accusative nom.
gen. tapri
genitive taprite
partitive taprit tapreid
illative taprisse tapritesse
tapreisse
inessive tapris taprites
tapreis
elative taprist tapritest
tapreist
allative taprile tapritele
tapreile
adessive tapril tapritel
tapreil
ablative taprilt tapritelt
tapreilt
translative tapriks tapriteks
tapreiks
terminative taprini tapriteni
essive taprina tapritena
abessive taprita tapriteta
comitative tapriga tapritega

Derived terms

noun
  • täitapper

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

  1. 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)

  1. brave
    Synonyms: modig, djärv, orädd

Declension

Inflection of tapper
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tapper tapprare tapprast
neuter singular tappert tapprare tapprast
plural tappra tapprare tapprast
masculine plural2 tappre tapprare tapprast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tappre tapprare tappraste
all tappra tapprare tappraste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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