tap tap
tap tap noun: a bus or pick-up truck used as public transport in Haiti.
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Noun
tap tap (plural tap taps)
- A bus or pick-up truck used as public transport in Haiti.
- We drive through the central city of Port-au-Prince, to my eyes a confusing mass of women selling vegetables and goods which they carry on their heads; beggars; dust; heat; and the brightly painted tap-taps (communal taxis), which are, after walking, the ordinary person's transportation.1983 December 24, Andrea Loewenstein, “"What's Freedom Without Food In Your Stomach?" — A Trip to Haiti”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 8
- One was lying face up on the street surrounded by a scattered deck of cards and another found face down inside a pick-up truck known as a “tap-tap” that operates as a taxi.[2024 March 18, “At least a dozen dead as gang violence spills into wealthy areas of Haiti capital”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Forms of tap tap
| plural | tap taps |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tap-tap |
Origin of tap tap
Borrowed from Haitian Creole taptap (literally “quick quick”).
Questions about tap tap
- What does tap tap mean?
- Tap tap means a bus or pick-up truck used as public transport in Haiti.
- What part of speech is tap tap?
- Tap tap is a noun.
- What is the plural of tap tap?
- The plural of tap tap is tap taps.
Words near tap tap in the dictionary
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