untap

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ tap, apparently by confusion of unleash (or similar) and tap.

Verb

untap (third-person singular simple present untaps, present participle untapping, simple past and past participle untapped)

  1. (transitive, nonstandard) To release a flow of (creativity, potential, etc.); to unleash.
  2. (board games, card games) 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.

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