taper

Significat (anglès)

to slap, knock, beat
to type (use a keyboard or typewriter)
to hit, to beat, to rap
to beat down (of the sun); to go to one's head (of wine etc.)
(slang) to stink, pong, reek
(slang) to put away (a meal etc.)
(slang,vulgar) to fuck (have sex)
to put up with

Freqüència

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ta.pe/

Inherited from Middle French taper, from Old French tapper, taper (“to tap”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *tappōn, *dabbōn (“to strike”) or from Middle Low German tappen, tapen (“to tap, rap, strike”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dab- (“to strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰebʰ- (“to beat, strike, stun, be speechless”). Related to German tappen (“to grope, fumble”), Dutch deppen (“to dab”), Icelandic tappa, tapsa, tæpta (“to tap”). Related to dab.