How to pronounce taps in American English
“taps” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to taps the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “taps” in: all accents · British English (99 clips)
“taps” in real sentences — American speakers
126 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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[taps on chest] Beam me up!
Smithsonian Air & Space
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Flushing all taps regularly to ensure water is regularly moving.
CDC
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wire taps, political surveillance--into a much broader historical context.
National Archives
Words that sound like “taps”
Words one sound away from taps — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “taps”
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.