taper

Meaning

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

hit lightly

hit hard

dactylographier

frapper doucement

calotter

donner une claque

se coincer

se vider

taper à la machine

angle d’ouverture du prisme

briffer

friponner

tortorer

tapeu

fripouner

limande

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Pronounced as (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.

Cognate with German

tappen

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