tappaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
- dispatch verb To send something or someone off promptly for a specific purpose.
- frag noun A fragmentation grenade.
- hit verb To strike someone or something, often forcefully.
- kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
- slay verb To kill.
- whack verb To hit something hard and sharply.
Senses
tappaa is used for these senses in English:
- burn (transitive) To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
- dispatch (transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
- dispatch (transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
- do in (transitive, colloquial) To kill or end; to defeat.
- frag (transitive, military, and, video games, slang) To hit with the explosion of a fragmentation grenade.
- hit (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- kill (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- kill (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
burn — full definition
- noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
- noun A sharp, cutting insult, especially one delivered wittily.
- verb To be damaged, destroyed, or consumed by fire.
- verb To injure with heat, fire, or a caustic substance.
- verb To copy data onto a CD, DVD, or similar disc.
dispatch — full definition
- verb To send something or someone off promptly for a specific purpose.
- verb To deal with a task or piece of business quickly and efficiently.
- noun A message, report, or shipment sent promptly, often an official or urgent one.