three-tap

English

Etymology

See one-tap.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. (video games, slang, transitive) To kill an enemy in three shots.
    • 2021 February 8, Calvin Edwards, “Rainbow Six: Siege Is Not as Fun as It Used to Be”, in KeenGamer‎[1], archived from the original on 9 September 2022:
      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.
    • 2022 July 23, Soumyadeep Banerjee, “Bungie has accidentally buffed The Last Word in recent Destiny 2 update”, in Sportskeeda‎[2], archived from the original on 3 January 2023:
      Since the falloff has been reduced, players still have to take close-range fights against other Guardians to three-tap them.
    • 2022 September 7, Charles Burgar, “Destiny 2: The 10 Best Scout Rifles For PvP, Ranked”, in TheGamer‎[3], archived from the original on 12 December 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.

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