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tappets

tappets is the plural of tappet.

Meaning of tappet

Noun

tappet (plural tappets)

  1. A lever or projection which is moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, in order to produce change or regulate motion.
    Synonyms:
    follower, lifter

Questions about tappets

What is tappets the plural of?
Tappets is the plural of tappet.

Words near tappets in the dictionary

  1. Tappertitian
  2. Tappes
  3. tappest
  4. tappet
  5. tappeth
  6. tappets
  7. tappice
  8. tappiced
  9. tappices
  10. tappicing
  11. tappied

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tappets (page history and authors); tappet (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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