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tarpitted

tarpitted is the simple past and past participle of tarpit.

Meaning of tarpit

Verb

tarpit (third-person singular simple present tarpits, present participle tarpitting, simple past and past participle tarpitted)

  1. (transitive) To delay by means of a tarpit service.
    • If an attack matches a certain pattern, the connection can be tarpitted.2004, Steven Andres, Brian Kenyon, Erik Pack Birkholz, Security Sage's Guide to Hardening the Network Infrastructure, page 415

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Questions about tarpitted

What is tarpitted the simple past and past participle of?
Tarpitted is the simple past and past participle of tarpit.

Words near tarpitted in the dictionary

  1. tarphycones
  2. tarphyconic
  3. tarping
  4. tarpit
  5. tarpits
  6. tarpitted
  7. tarpitting
  8. Tarpley
  9. Tarpleys
  10. Tarplin
  11. tarpon

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