tap out

verb

tapped out; tapping out; taps out

intransitive verb

: to run out of money by betting

Examples of tap out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Crow-Armstrong's breakthrough season at age 24 has him at or near the top of every offensive metric in the NL while also tapping out the vocabulary of Wednesday's winning starter, Shota Imanaga. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Her left hand instinctively taps out the rhythm in the air while her right rests on her hip. — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 16 Sep. 2026

Hold your canister or the opened up vacuum over the trash and tap out the contents. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 June 2026

Oppo, an early adopter of the format, was also one of the first to tap out, ceasing production on Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray players in 2018, followed by Samsung in 2019, while LG held on until 2024. — Matt Kamen, Wired News, 29 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tap out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout