Tap

Morpheme

Tap

Type

free base

Denotation

strike lightly, rap

Etymology

Middle English tappen, teppen, tap, tappe; Old French tapper, taper, tape or Middle Low German tappen, tapen; probably imitative

Evidence

hypertap, keytap, lovetap, midtap, mistap, multitap, retap, tappable, tapped, tapper, tappet, tappigraphy, tapping, tappy, taps, taptastic

Homographs

Tap