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taper

A device used to stretch piercings. It is small on one end and gradually increases in size until it reaches the proper gauge.
When going from a 4G to a 2G, I used an acrylic taper and some lubricating oil.
by Denis Baldwin February 3, 2004
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tarter

a male tart. a male charmer that sleeps around.
He is such a tarter charming all the girls.
by charming doll January 27, 2011
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tapered pants

Tapered pants are trousers popular during the 1980s and early 90s and worn by both genders. The pants sat high on the waist, ballooned around the hips and thighs, then tapered at the ankle. Often worn with with a baggy, button down shirt buttoned all the way to the top, with the collar up. These pants defined "New Romantic" fashion.
Duran Duran, Thompon Twins, Depeche Mode, Platinum Blonde, Annie Lennox (Eurythmics) all wore these tapered pants.
by Theresa1120 September 4, 2008
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Tapper

One who taps their friends and aquaintances for money or favours. The git that never buys a round in the pub!
Mike is such a tapper...he never puts his hand in his pocket!
by Mingerz January 21, 2011
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till tapper

Someone who steals money from a cash register in a store usually while the clerk is not looking
The crackhead hoe down the street is a booster and a till tapper.
by Joe the Slow July 28, 2007
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traperazzi

Those who deliberately target a sporting star, VIP, or celebrity in order to photograph or otherwise portray them in a seemingly compromising situation.
The Australian all-rounder recently told the Herald of a "traperazzi" scheme during the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean, in which one member of the public slapped him across the face while another stood nearby photographing the incident.
by sandspiral April 4, 2009
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tapering

A term that can be used when referring to reducing the dose, when using a drug.

Tapering can help an addict when trying to quit a drug. Splitting a pill, snorting less, and even injecting less.
Swim: Are you off them xans yet?
Swim 2: Nah, but I'm tapering my Xanax bar because I don't want to get seizures.
by EazieWeezie June 2, 2018
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