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 2022-09-09:

     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 2023-01-03:

     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 2022-12-12:

     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.

See also

• one-tap
• two-tap