Etymology

tap tap

Today it means: A bus or pick-up truck used as public transport in Haiti. Full definition →

Haitian Creole taptap
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  1. Haitian Creole · borrowed fromtaptap
  2. English todaytap tap

Borrowed from Haitian Creole taptap (literally “quick quick”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.