three-tap en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
See one-tap.
Meanings
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(slang, transitive) To kill an enemy in three shots.
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:Some of these perks are absurd, mainly High-Caliber Rounds and Vorpal Weapon. With Vorpal, you can two-tap Golden Gun or three-tap every other Super in the game.
2022 September 7, Charles Burgar, “Destiny 2: The 10 Best Scout Rifles For PvP, Ranked”, in TheGamer, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2022: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| three-tapped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| three-tapped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| three-tapping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| three-taps | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |