tap–tap
Definition of tap–tap
: a series of taps or their sound steady tap-tap of typewriters — Manchester Guardian Weekly
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Origin and Etymology of tap–tap
reduplication of 5tap
tap–tap
Definition of tap–tap
: 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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