taper.
to slap, knock, beat
Meaning & usage
to slap, knock, beat
to type (use a keyboard or typewriter)
to ask (someone) for money, to ask to borrow some money from
to hit, to beat, to rap
to beat down (of the sun); to go to one's head (of wine etc.)
to stink, pong, reek
to put away (a meal etc.)
Je me suis tapé un bon petit hamburger hier soir.
to fuck (have sex)
Il s'est tapé la fille de son patron.
to put up with
J'ai dû me taper trois heures d'embouteillage pour rejoindre l'aéroport.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French taper, from Old French tapper, taper (“to tap”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *tappōn, *dabbōn (“to strike”) or from Middle Low German tappen, tapen (“to tap, rap, strike”). Related to German tappen (“to grope, fumble”), Dutch deppen (“to dab”), Icelandic tappa, tapsa, tæpta (“to tap”). Related to dab.
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