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Taps
see synonyms of tapsNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Taps
see synonyms of tapsnoun (functioning as singular)
1. mainly US
a.
(in army camps, etc) a signal given on a bugle, drum, etc, indicating that lights are to be put out
b.
any similar signal, as at a military funeral
2.
(in the Guide movement) a closing song sung at an evening campfire or at the end of a meeting
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Taps
see synonyms of taps noun
US
a bugle call to put out lights in retiring for the night, as in an army camp: also sounded at a military funeral
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Taps
see synonyms of tapspl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
A bugle call or drum signal sounded at night, as at a military camp, as an order to put out lights and also sounded at military funerals and memorial services.
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