transitive verb tapped, tapping tap′·ping

1. to strike lightly and rapidly
2. to strike something lightly, and often repeatedly, with
3. to make or do by tapping to tap a message with the fingers
4. ☆ to choose or designate, as for membership in a club
5. to repair (a shoe) by adding a thickness of leather, etc. to the heel or sole

Etymology: ME tappen < OFr taper, prob. of echoic orig.

intransitive verb

1. to strike a light, rapid blow or a series of such blows
2. to perform a tap dance
3. to move with a tapping sound

noun

1. a light, rapid blow, or the sound made by it
2. the leather, etc. added in tapping a shoe
3. 1. a small, metal plate attached to the heel or toe of a shoe, as for tap-dancing
   2. the act or skill of tap-dancing