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taps

24 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. taps (noun plural but singular or plural in construction)
  2. tap (noun)
  3. tap (verb)
  4. tap (verb)
  5. tap (noun)
  6. tap out (verb)
  7. tapper tap (noun)
  8. tap-tap (noun)
  9. bottoming tap (noun)
  10. cinder notch (noun)
  11. current tap (noun)
  12. hand tap (noun)
  13. hob tap (noun)
  14. machine tap (noun)
  15. master tap (noun)
  16. pipe tap (noun)
  17. pulley tap (noun)
  18. screw tap (noun)
  19. serial tap (noun)
  20. slip tap (noun)
  21. stay-bolt tap (noun)
  22. stay tap (noun)
  23. tip-tap (noun)
  24. toe-tap (noun)

taps

noun pl but singular or pl in constr \ˈtaps\

Definition of TAPS

: the last bugle call at night blown as a signal that lights are to be put out; also : a similar call blown at military funerals and memorial services

Origin of TAPS

probably alteration of earlier taptoo tattoo — more at tattoo
First Known Use: 1824

Rhymes with TAPS

apse, chaps, craps, lapse, schnapps, traps

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