• Finnish: kaveta, kaventua
• German: verjüngen

• Finnish: suipontua

Etymology 2

From tape.

Noun

1. In the context of "weaving": One who operates a tape machine.
2. Someone who works with tape or tapes.

French

Pronunciation

Verb

taper

1. to slap, knock

Conjugation

See also

• frapper
• cogner

Norwegian

Noun

1. a loser

Verb

taper

1. present tense of tape (to lose)
2. present tense of tape (to tape)

Taper may refer to:

• Fishing rod tapers, a measure of the flexibility of a fishing rod
• In geometry, or in the casual description of a shaper or object, a gradual thinning or narrowing towards one end
• Machine taper, in machinery and engineering
• Mark Taper Forum, a theatre in the Los Angeles Music Center
• A ratio used in aeronautics (see Chord (aircraft))
• A thin candle is called a taper
• Philadelphia Tapers (also New York Tapers and Washington Tapers), a defunct professional basketball team
• Taper (cymbal), the reduction in thickness of a cymbal from center to rim
• Taper pin, used in body piercing and manufacturing
• Tapering (sports), a period of rest before competition
• A misspelling of Tapir, a large, pig-like mammal with a prehensile snout

Taper as a surname:

• Louise Taper, American historian
• Mark Taper, American developer, financier and philanthropist

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