tappoon

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noun

A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow and irrigate a field.

OriginSpanish tampón →
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Meanings

nountappoon (plural tappoons)

plural tappoons

  1. USA piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow and irrigate a field.

Origin

  1. Spanishtampón“plug, stopper”
  2. Englishtappoon

From Spanish tampón (“plug, stopper”).

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APA

tappoon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tappoon

MLA

“tappoon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tappoon. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tappoon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tappoon.

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