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tap taps

tap taps is the plural of tap tap.

Meaning of tap tap

Noun

tap tap (plural tap taps)

  1. 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

Questions about tap taps

What is tap taps the plural of?
Tap taps is the plural of tap tap.

Words near tap taps in the dictionary

  1. tap one's toes
  2. tap or nap
  3. tap out
  4. tap pants
  5. tap tap
  6. tap taps
  7. tap the admiral
  8. tap up
  9. tap water
  10. tap, rack, bang
  11. tap, rack, go

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