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wire tap

noun, verb

wire tap is a noun meaning “Alternative form of wiretap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-I-R-E-T-A-P. The plural of wire tap is wire taps or wire-taps.

What does wire tap mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative form of wiretap.

noun

as wire-tap
  1. 1

    Alternative form of wiretap.

verb

as wire-tap
  1. 1

    Alternative form of wiretap.

verb

  1. 1

    Alternative form of wiretap.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of wire tap

  • wire taps plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • wire tapping participle, present
  • wire tapped participle, past
  • wire-taps plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • wire-tapping participle, present
  • wire-tapped participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Words people confuse with wire tap

Also written: wiretap (one word or two).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).