three-tap

verb

To kill an enemy in three shots.

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Meanings

verbthree-tap (third-person singular simple present three-taps, present participle three-tapping, simple past and past participle three-tapped)

present singular third person three-taps · participle present three-tapping · participle past three-tapped · past three-tapped

  1. slangtransitivevideo gamesTo 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
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    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

    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

Origin

See one-tap.

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APA

three-tap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/three-tap

MLA

“three-tap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/three-tap. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “three-tap,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/three-tap.

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