Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To release a flow of (creativity, potential, etc.); to unleash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Opposite of tap; to return (transitive) a card or piece, or (intransitive) all available cards or pieces, to their original orientation (e.g. at the start of a new turn) to indicate that they are ready to be used again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: board games
Topics: card-games, games
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From un- + tap, apparently by confusion of unleash (or similar) and tap.
