tap-tap

1 of 2

noun

: a series of taps or their sound

steady tap-tap of typewriters

—Manchester Guardian Weekly

tap-tap

2 of 2

intransitive verb

"

: to make a sound of repeated tapping : move with a sound of tapping

her shoes were tap-tapping on the tessellated floor

—W. G. Hardy

dark plane-tree leaves tap-tapped at the window

—John Galsworthy

Word History

Etymology

Noun

reduplication of tap entry 5

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