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tapped in

tapped in is the simple past and past participle of tap in.

Meaning of tap in

Verb

tap in (third-person singular simple present taps in, present participle tapping in, simple past and past participle tapped in)

  1. To kick a simple shot, without opposition, from close range into the goal.
    • Bent was again left with the simplest of finishes when Rooney picked out Young and he unselfishly crossed for Bent to tap in from inside the six-yard area.2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England
  2. To enter a public transport system (especially the London Underground) by tapping a travelcard on the card-reader
    Synonyms:
    touch in, tap on
  3. (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To contact (someone); to call (someone) on the phone.
  4. (slang) To switch places with someone.
    Synonyms:
    tag in

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Questions about tapped in

What is tapped in the simple past and past participle of?
Tapped in is the simple past and past participle of tap in.

Words near tapped in in the dictionary

  1. tappans
  2. tappaul
  3. tappauls
  4. Tappe
  5. tapped
  6. tapped in
  7. tapped into
  8. tapped off
  9. tapped on
  10. tapped one's toes
  11. tapped out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tapped in (page history and authors); tap in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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