tapped — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

against, own

VERB + TAPPED

begun, feel, forward, leaned, phone, rain, reached, walk

TAPPED + NOUN

cab, driver, horn, keg, maple, mary, shoulder, terrorists'

PREP.

in, on, out, with

ADV.

lightly, suddenly

Definitions

adj

1

Having a tap or taps.

a tapped keg; a tapped maple tree

2

Of a card or playing piece: used up for the current turn.

3

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.

His eyes danced with delight, and he laughed and told me I was tapped in the head as he mussed up my hair, provoking me to kick him in the butt.

4

Unfocused, inattentive; dozy.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

untapped

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

a tapped keg; a tapped maple tree

Wiktionary

02

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 ultima

Wiktionary

03

His eyes danced with delight, and he laughed and told me I was tapped in the head as he mussed up my hair, provoking me to kick him in the butt.

Wiktionary

04

Bill tapped me on the shoulder.

Tatoeba · #34506

05

A stranger tapped me on the shoulder from behind. He took me for some other person, I'm sure.

Tatoeba · #239332

06

While I was taking a walk, someone tapped me on the shoulder.

Tatoeba · #245135

Usage Notes

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