What's the difference between tapper and wapper?

Tapper


Definition:

  • (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer.

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  • (1) In response to a question from the host, Jake Tapper, about allegations that the Russian ambassador “is a spy”, Rubio said: “It is not a mystery to anyone that virtually every embassy in Washington DC has some intelligence component associated with it.” Fact check: what did Trump's tweets about Obama's 'wiretaps' mean?
  • (2) Maria Osmarina da Silva was born in 1958 in a community of rubber tappers called Seringal Bagaço, deep in the western state of Acre, not far from the border with Bolivia.
  • (3) This article provides results of a comparison between the Halstead-Reitan tapper and a 1988 computerized tapping program by Loong.
  • (4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Donald Trump comments on death of Dwyane Wade’s cousin – video Welcome to Iowa, where Trump's purple patch could turn a blue state red Read more Pence rejected a suggestion by CNN host Jake Tapper that lax gun safety laws in his own state, Indiana, may be stoking violence in Chicago.
  • (5) By comparing the effects of moderate-intensity stimuli in experiments with and without a response criterion in isolated mantle preparations, we found that when a minimal response-amplitude criterion is imposed the CNS mediates 90--95% of the gill-withdrawal reflex, whether it is elicited by the "tapper" stimulus used by Peretz et al.
  • (6) Nominees: Zoe Tapper - Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, BBC Drama Serials for BBC4 Bruce Parry - Tribe, BBC Wales for BBC2 Arts Holocaust, a Music Memorial Film From Auschwitz, BBC co-production with CBC, ZDF, TVP & in association with Czech TV for BBC2 "This simple yet clever programme achieved its aims through a quiet appropriateness which made for an incredibly uplifting viewing experience."
  • (7) And, you know, there’s no basis to it.” The same day, CNN State of the Union host Jake Tapper puts the Clinton campaign’s allegations to Donald Trump Jr .
  • (8) 10EdAM was superior to MTX against 4 of 6 murine ascites tumors (L1210, S180, Ehrlich and Tapper) and far superior against 4 of 6 solid murine tumors (S180, Tapper, E0771 mammary AC, T241 fibrosarcoma).
  • (9) We present a case of polycystic hydatid disease produced by Echinococcus vogeli in a tapper of rubber trees from the State of Acre, Brazil.
  • (10) Jay grounds out, a harmless tapper to Adrian Gonzalez as the Cards go 1-2-3 in their half of the second inning.
  • (11) In an interview with Jake Tapper on ABC News, he said he believed all states should have the right to ban birth control.
  • (12) That man’s conduct was deplorable,” Trump’s campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, told CNN after Tapper suggested the adjective.
  • (13) Hillary Clinton is projected to pass the delegate threshold she needs to capture the Democratic nomination and therefore, Tapper noted, declare victory.
  • (14) One task involved complex motor activity (the Bead and Tapper test) and the other simple motor activity with a verbal component (the Letter Cancellation test).
  • (15) Only patients with parkinsonism showed a significant increase in dual task interference on a bimanual bead and tapper task, compared with controls.
  • (16) Six out of 21 episodes with inactive disease after tappering off corticoid therapy had sIL-2R levels above the upper limit of the normal range.
  • (17) In an exchange that would have been all but unthinkable even four years ago, moderator Jake Tapper posed a question to Florida senator Marco Rubio and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie that quoted Reagan secretary of state George Schultz: “Why not take out our insurance policy and approach climate change the Reagan way?” But despite the token question well into the third hour of CNN’s GOP debate , no candidate was willing to endorse any possible solution.
  • (18) Stephen Drew hits a tapper to end the inning, but the Rays have three outs to score 10 runs here.
  • (19) Asked by CNN’s Tapper if Page is in contact with Russian government officials, Conway says: “If he’s doing that, he’s certainly not doing it with the permission or knowledge of the campaign, the activities that you described.” She adds: “He is certainly not authorized to do that.” 24 October At a campaign rally in Florida , Trump said: “I have nothing to do with Russia, folks, I’ll give you a written statement.” 11 November Trump spokesperson Hope Hicks denies claims from the Kremlin that Trump officials met with its staff.
  • (20) He bristled at the press conference when a reporter, Jake Tapper of ABC News, asked him why as president he had not tackled gun reform until now.

Wapper


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) To cause to shake; to tremble; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter.
  • (n.) A gudgeon.

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