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tapped out

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

Meaning of tap out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To produce (a message, rhythm, or other thing) by tapping.
  2. (intransitive, combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly either on the arena or the opponent's body.
  3. (transitive, combat sports) To force (an opponent) to submit.
    • He tapped his opponent out in what seemed like ten seconds.
    Synonyms:
    tap
  4. (transitive) To relieve a person of duty, such as a casino worker or wrestler in a tag-team match.
  5. (transitive) To deplete, especially of a liquid; to finish the last of a drink.
    • After a month of sugaring, the local maples were all tapped out.
  6. (intransitive) To run out of money in a gambling establishment.

Adjective

tapped out (comparative more tapped out, superlative most tapped out)

  1. (US, slang) Having no money, broke, penniless.
    Synonyms:
    skint

Synonyms of tapped out

Forms of tapped out

comparativemore tapped out
superlativemost tapped out

Questions about tapped out

What does tapped out mean?
Tapped out means having no money, broke, penniless.
What is tapped out the simple past and past participle of?
Tapped out is the simple past and past participle of tap out.
What part of speech is tapped out?
Tapped out is an adjective.

Words near tapped out in the dictionary

  1. tapped in
  2. tapped into
  3. tapped off
  4. tapped on
  5. tapped one's toes
  6. tapped out
  7. tapped the admiral
  8. tapped up
  9. tappee
  10. tappees
  11. tappen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tapped out (page history and authors); tap out (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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