How to pronounce taps
Listen to taps in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“taps” in real sentences
445 clips in the index · 77 American · 98 British · 7 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Sea taps overnight—as some mischaracterise it—but turning on new taps.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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do, you know, marching in place, toe taps, side taps, etc., etc.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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so this is one of our latest taps so I showed you one of our taps
Fireside Summit · hear it here
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[taps on chest] Beam me up!
Smithsonian Air & Space · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of taps. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.