taps

See also: Taps, TAPs, and TAPS

English

Etymology

From tap (noun) +‎ -s. 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(“signal for extinguishing all lights in soldiers’ quarters and retiring to bed”) is from the fact that the signal was originally made using a drum.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /tæps/
• Rhymes: -æps

Noun

taps pl (plural only)

2. (military) 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.

   Coordinate terms: reveille, tattoo

Translations

signal for extinguishing all lights in soldiers’ quarters and retiring to bed

• Finnish: iltasoitto
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• evening gun
• morning gun

 

Noun

taps

1. plural of tap

Verb

taps

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tap

See also

• taps aff

Anagrams

• apts., ATSP, ATPs, TPAs, ptas., PTSA, Pats, past, ap'ts, PATs, stap, PTAs, Apts, PSAT, spat, pats, APTS, apts, APTs

Catalan

Noun

taps

1. plural of tap

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

taps (not comparable)

1. tapered

Declension

Declension of taps
uninflected	taps
inflected	tapse
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		taps
indefinite	m./f. sing.	tapse
	n. sing.	taps
	plural	tapse
definite		tapse
partitive		taps

Anagrams

• past, spat, stap

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from tapsol. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒpʃ]
• Hyphenation: taps
• Rhymes: -ɒpʃ

Noun

taps (plural tapsok)

1. applause, clapping

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	taps	tapsok
accusative	tapsot	tapsokat
dative	tapsnak	tapsoknak
instrumental	tapssal	tapsokkal
causal-final	tapsért	tapsokért
translative	tapssá	tapsokká
terminative	tapsig	tapsokig
essive-formal	tapsként	tapsokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tapsban	tapsokban
superessive	tapson	tapsokon
adessive	tapsnál	tapsoknál
illative	tapsba	tapsokba
sublative	tapsra	tapsokra
allative	tapshoz	tapsokhoz
elative	tapsból	tapsokból
delative	tapsról	tapsokról
ablative	tapstól	tapsoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	tapsé	tapsoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	tapséi	tapsokéi

Possessive forms of taps
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tapsom	tapsaim
2nd person sing.	tapsod	tapsaid
3rd person sing.	tapsa	tapsai
1st person plural	tapsunk	tapsaink
2nd person plural	tapsotok	tapsaitok
3rd person plural	tapsuk	tapsaik

Derived terms

• vastaps

Further reading

• taps in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Latvian

Verb

taps

1. third-person singular/plural future indicative of tapt

Lithuanian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɐps]

Verb

tàps

1. third-person singular future of tapti (become)
2. third-person plural future of tapti (become)