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[ taps ] / tæps /
noun (used with a singular or plural verb)Military.a signal by bugle or drum, sounded at night as an order to extinguish all lights, and sometimes performed as a postlude to a military funeral. Origin of taps1815–25, Americanism; probably tap(too), variant of tattoo1 + -s3 Words nearby tapstapping, tapping up, tappit-hen, taproom, taproot, taps, tapsal-teerie, tapster, tapu, tap water, taqiyah Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tapsTwin buglers played “Taps” and three police helicopters flew overhead in the missing-man formation. Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST Tosi has been using cereal milk as a flavor ever since 2007, and she says it taps into a universal “memory sensor.” Cereal Cafe’s Big Bowl of Hate|David Levesley|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST More than 15,000 households have had their taps turned off for being past due. Detroit Shuts Off Water to Residents but Not to Businesses Who Owe Millions|Mary M. Chapman|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Likely, The Woodman taps the facilities of a much larger, more-specialized operation like Loyalsock Firewood in Montoursville. Brooklyn’s Booming Firewood Industry|Dale Eisinger|July 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Two taps and a fast dart later, it was in the back of the net. Uruguay’s Luis Suárez Puts Two Stakes Through England’s Heart|Tunku Varadarajan|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST What's the meaning of all these cattle outside, and the taps running, and the smoke up yonder on the hill? The Mayor of Troy|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch Then Hans, as a result of his previous instruction (so Mr. von Osten thought) would give two taps at sight of the pins. Clever Hans|Oskar Pfungst Sitting around upon the army cots or chests, the soldiers will discuss some unimportant topic until “taps” sounds. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia|Paul T. Gilbert At taps you must have your bed made, and get into it at once. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks|H. Irving Hancock Instead, it was Red who, to his vast surprise, received the lightest of taps on the tip of his chin. The Shadow Passes|Roy J. Snell
British Dictionary definitions for taps
noun (functioning as singular)mainly US - (in army camps, etc) a signal given on a bugle, drum, etc, indicating that lights are to be put out
- any similar signal, as at a military funeral
(in the Guide movement) a closing song sung at an evening camp fire or at the end of a meeting Word Origin for tapsC19: from tap 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tapsvalve, spigot, touch, knock, pat, draw, use, utilize, pump, penetrate, open, hydrant, spout, egress, cock, nozzle, petcock, stopcock, drum, dab |