taps

== English == === Etymology === 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(“signal for extinguishing all lights in soldiers’ quarters and retiring to bed”) is from the fact that the signal was originally made using a drum. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /tæps/ Rhymes: -æps === Noun === taps pl (plural only) (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 ==== ==== See also ==== === Noun === taps plural of tap === Verb === taps third-person singular simple present indicative of tap === See also === taps aff === References === === Anagrams === apts., ATSP, ATPs, TPAs, ptas., PTSA, Pats, past, ap'ts, PATs, stap, PTAs, Apts, PSAT, spat, pats, APTS, apts, APTs == Catalan == === Noun === taps plural of tap == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === taps (not comparable) tapered ==== Declension ==== === 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) applause, clapping ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== vastaps === Further reading === taps in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Latvian == === Verb === taps 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 third-person singular future of tapti (become) third-person plural future of tapti (become)