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TAPPEN

Definition: TAPPEN

TAPPEN

Noun

1. An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: TAPPEN

Specialty definitions using "TAPPEN": 58487. (references)
Non-English Usage: "TAPPEN" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (dispose of, release, sell, vend), German (blunder, feel, go falteringly, grope, lollop, lollop along, wander).

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Specialty Definition: Tappen, North Dakota

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Tappen is a city located in Kidder County, North Dakota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 210.

Geography


Tappen is located at 46°52'33" North, 99°38'1" West (46.875903, -99.633648)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.2 km² (1.2 mi²). 3.2 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 210 people, 88 households, and 54 families residing in the city. The population density is 64.9/km² (167.7/mi²). There are 100 housing units at an average density of 30.9/km² (79.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 99.52% White, 0.48% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.48% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 88 households out of which 29.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.3% are married couples living together, 6.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 38.6% are non-families. 35.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.39 and the average family size is 3.15. In the city the population is spread out with 29.5% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 107.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 114.5 males. The median income for a household in the city is $31,625, and the median income for a family is $34,444. Males have a median income of $30,250 versus $15,000 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,453. 10.1% of the population and 5.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 6.8% are under the age of 18 and 11.4% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tappen, North Dakota."

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Commercial Usage: TAPPEN

DomainTitle

Books

  • Die Entenmacher : wenn Medien in die Falle tappen (reference)

  • Tappen in Nederland (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: TAPPEN

The following table summarizes the usage of "TAPPEN" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons		Rank in USA
TappenLast name17045,182
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: TAPPEN


1. Tappen, ND (city, FIPS 77980)
Location: 46.87292 N, 99.62336 W
Population (1990): 239 (114 housing units)
Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 58487
Country: USA

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: TAPPEN

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tappen

32

lake tappen

10

tappen zee

7

hill tappen

6

tappen north dakota

4

lake ohio tappen

4

appliance tappen

3

tappen bc

3

stove tappen

2

amanda tappen

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: TAPPEN

Language Translations for "tappen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

appentay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "TAPPEN"

Words rhyming with "TAPPEN" (pronounced 'Tap"pen'): Alpen, Behappen, Gloppen, happen, Heppen, Hogpen, Mishappen, Pigpen, reopen, Shippen, Shopen, Wopen. (additional references)

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Anagrams: TAPPEN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: petnap.

Words within the letters "a-e-n-p-p-t"

-1 letter: nappe, paten.

-2 letters: ante, etna, nape, neap, neat, pane, pant, pate, pean, peat, pent, tape, tepa.

-3 letters: ane, ant, ape, apt, ate, eat, eta, nae, nap, net, pan, pap, pat, pea, pen, pep, pet, tae, tan, tap, tea, ten.

-4 letters: ae, an, at, en, et, na, ne, pa, pe, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-n-p-p-t"
 

+1 letter: petnaps.

 

+2 letters: antipope, apparent, appetent, nappiest, pieplant, preplant, trappean, untapped.

 

+3 letters: antipopes, appellant, appendant, appertain, appetence, appetency, appointed, appointee, catnapped, catnapper, entrapped, notepaper, petnapped, pieplants, pretaping, reappoint, snappiest, standpipe.

 

+4 letters: apparently, appellants, appendants, appertains, appetences, appetising, appetizing, appointees, appointive, apprentice, catnappers, entrapping, inapparent, inapposite, notepapers, pentaploid, petnapping, prenuptial, prepasting, prepayment, propellant, propionate, reappoints, standpipes, stepparent, supplanted, supplanter, unapparent, unhappiest, unstrapped.

 

+5 letters: appeasement, appellation, appertained, appetencies, appointment, apportioned, apprenticed, apprentices, appurtenant, inappetence, interlapped, nephropathy, partnership, pentaploids, pentaploidy, plecopteran, postponable, preadapting, preadopting, precipitant, preparation, prepayments, preplanting, prestamping, presynaptic, propellants, propionates, protoplanet, reappointed, reapportion, stepparents, supplanters, suppressant, transhipped, tryptophane, unstoppable, wiretapping.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TAPPEN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 41 50 50 45 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    .-    .--.    .--.    .    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01000001 01010000 01010000 01000101 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#65 &#80 &#80 &#69 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0041 0050 0050 0045 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

543550503948

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Names: Frequency 		5. Cities
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Rhymes 		9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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