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TAPPET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tappet mean? 

TAPPET (noun)
  The noun TAPPET has 1 sense:

1. a lever that is moved in order to tap something elseplay

  Familiarity information: TAPPET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TAPPET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A lever that is moved in order to tap something else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tappet" is a kind of...):

lever (a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum)


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