different between tapper vs capper

English

Etymology

tap +? -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

tapper (plural tappers)

1. One who makes a tapping noise.
   • 1836-37, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

     A low tap was heard at the room door. Mr. Bob Sawyer looked expressively at his friend, and bade the tapper come in […]

2. A tap-dancer.
3. A phone tapper 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. (Britain, dialect) The lesser spotted woodpecker.
7. (US) A tapster.

Derived terms

• toe tapper, toe-tapper
• wheeltapper, wheel-tapper

Anagrams

• Trappe

Danish

Noun

tapper

1. indefinite plural of tap

Verb

tapper

1. present of tappe

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

Derived terms

• tapperhet

References

• tapper in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tapper in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tapper in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• tapper in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English capper; equivalent to cap +? -er.

Noun

capper (plural cappers)

1. One who caps.
2. A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles.
3. A person that makes or sells caps.
4. A finale.
5. (US, slang, dated) A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.

Translations

See also

• milliner

Etymology 2

Abbreviated form of capture +? -er.

Noun

capper (plural cappers)

1. (Internet slang) A person who records a television broadcast to their computer.

Anagrams

• precap

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cappere, capyare, kapiare, capere, capier

Etymology

From cappe +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kap?r(?)/

Noun

capper (plural cappers)

1. capper (maker of caps or other headgear)

Descendants

• English: capper

References

• “capper, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.