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Definition of tap-tap
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a series of taps or their sound
steady tap-tap of typewriters — Manchester Guardian Weekly
tap-tap
intransitive verb\ " \
Definition of tap-tap (Entry 2 of 2)
: 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
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