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Yapper vs Tapper - What's the difference?

yapper | tapper |

As a noun yapper

is (slang) one's mouth, especially of a gossipy person.

As a verb tapper is

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yapper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang) One's mouth, especially of a gossipy person.
    • Shut your yapper or I'll shut it for you!
  • One who yaps.
  • * 2004 , Theresa Mancus, Who moved my bone?: a guide for multi-dog households (page 25)
    • If you want your pack to be a deterrent against burglars or muggers, forget about small dogs, yappers though they be. Focus on the larger breeds, particularly working stock with strong instinctual drives.

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    tapper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who taps
  • * 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
  • A tap-dancer
  • A phone tapper or wiretapper
  • (US) A tapster
  • (telegraphy) In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
  • (UK, dialect) The lesser spotted woodpecker.