Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo release a flow of (creativity, potential, etc.); to unleash. · 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.
From un- + tap. * (to release a flow of): Apparently by confusion of unleash (or similar) and tap.
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