# tapped

Pronunciation: say "TAPT" /tæpt/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of tap. — simple past and past participle of tap
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of tap. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.
   - _The brewer tapped the cask for the festival crowd._
   - _She tapped the microphone lightly to check the sound._

## Adjective

2. Fitted with one or more taps or spigots for drawing off liquid.
   - Simple: Having one or more taps for letting liquid out.
   - _The tapped cask let the cider flow steadily into the jugs._
   - _Every tapped vat in the brewery was monitored for pressure._
3. Crazy or eccentric; mentally unhinged. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Acting in a crazy or strange way.
   - _Everyone said the old man was a bit tapped, talking to lampposts all day._
   - _She's tapped. Who else would quit a steady job on a sudden whim?_
4. Of a card or playing piece, turned or marked to indicate it has been used during the current turn and cannot act again.
   - Simple: Turned to one side to show a card or piece has been used this turn.
   - _Every tapped land had already been spent casting the spell._
   - _Her tapped creatures stayed sideways until the next untap step._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/tapped (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).