tapped

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tapped

/tæpt/

Rhymes with -æpt

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of tap

adjective more tapped · most tapped

Having a tap or taps. a tapped keg; a tapped maple tree
Of a card or playing piece: used up for the current turn.
slang Crazy, eccentric. This is one weird tribe, who get their kicks from electrocution, poisoning and causing car crashes (and that's when they're in a good mood!). They consider a holiday in the Bermuda Triangle the ultimate and anyone who keeps floating hands as pets has to be a bit tapped.
Multicultural London English Unfocused, inattentive; dozy.

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Closest in meaning: abroach, broached, digging, threaded, stalked, trapped, operated, wired, cast, dotted, dashed, collection, occupied, harassed, utilized, used

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@misc{tapped_2026,
  title = {tapped},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tapped},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}