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retap

retap verb: to tap again (in various senses).

Verb

retap (third-person singular simple present retaps, present participle retapping, simple past and past participle retapped)

  1. (transitive) To tap again (in various senses).

Forms of retap

third-person singular presentretaps
present participleretapping
past participleretapped
pastretapped

Origin of retap

From re- + tap.

Questions about retap

What does retap mean?
Retap means to tap again (in various senses).
What part of speech is retap?
Retap is a verb.
What is the past tense of retap?
The past tense of retap is retapped.

Words near retap in the dictionary

  1. retangling
  2. retannage
  3. retanned
  4. retanning
  5. retans
  6. retap
  7. retapamulin
  8. retape
  9. retaped
  10. retapes
  11. retaping

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