verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To kill (an enemy) in one shot. slang, transitive

   "This guy is camping so hard that I can barely move off of spawn before getting one-tapped."

Synonyms

All synonyms

instakillone-hitoneshot

Example

More examples

"This guy is camping so hard that I can barely move off of spawn before getting one-tapped."

Etymology

A reference to first-person shooter games in which a gun is fired by "tapping" the left click button on a mouse.

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