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Taps
//tæps// name, noun, verb
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A bugle call played by the United States Armed Forces at dusk, during flag ceremonies, and at military funerals.
- 2 Acronym of Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Noun
- 1 A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo; the signal is sometimes also given during the funeral of a soldier. plural, plural-only
- 2 plural of tap form-of, plural
- 3 plural of TAP form-of, plural
- 4 (military) signal to turn the lights out wordnet
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of tap form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Etymology
Etymology 1
From tap (noun) + -s. Noun 1 sense 1 (“signal for extinguishing all lights in soldiers’ quarters and retiring to bed”) is from the fact that the signal was originally made using a drum.
Etymology 2
From tap (noun) + -s. Noun 1 sense 1 (“signal for extinguishing all lights in soldiers’ quarters and retiring to bed”) is from the fact that the signal was originally made using a drum.
Etymology 3
From tap (noun) + -s. Noun 1 sense 1 (“signal for extinguishing all lights in soldiers’ quarters and retiring to bed”) is from the fact that the signal was originally made using a drum.
Etymology 4
Disputed.
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