taper

Significado (inglés)

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

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ta.pe/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

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.