Meanings
verbtappish (third-person singular simple present tappishes, present participle tappishing, simple past and past participle tappished)
present singular third person tappishes · participle present tappishing · participle past tappished · past tappished · alternative tappice · alternative tappis
- obsoleterareTo squat
As a hound that, having roused a hart, / Although he tappish ne'er so oft.
[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC
Origin
- Frenchse tapir“to crouch, squat”
- Englishtappish
French se tapir (“to crouch, squat”).
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tappish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tappish
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tappish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tappish.
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