three-tap
three-tap verb: to kill an enemy in three shots.
Verb
three-tap (third-person singular simple present three-taps, present participle three-tapping, simple past and past participle three-tapped)
- To kill an enemy in three shots.
- The ban phase is a welcome touch to ranked play because, more often than naught, I'm not in the mood to get three-tapped by some Caveira player squatting in a seemingly inconsequential hallway.2021 February 8, Calvin Edwards, “Rainbow Six: Siege Is Not as Fun as It Used to Be”, in KeenGamer, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2022
- Since the falloff has been reduced, players still have to take close-range fights against other Guardians to three-tap them.2022 July 23, Soumyadeep Banerjee, “Bungie has accidentally buffed The Last Word in recent Destiny 2 update”, in Sportskeeda, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2023
Forms of three-tap
| third-person singular present | three-taps |
|---|---|
| present participle | three-tapping |
| past participle | three-tapped |
| past | three-tapped |
Origin of three-tap
See one-tap.
Questions about three-tap
- What does three-tap mean?
- Three-tap means to kill an enemy in three shots.
- What part of speech is three-tap?
- Three-tap is a verb.
- What is the past tense of three-tap?
- The past tense of three-tap is three-tapped.
Words near three-tap in the dictionary
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