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tap

 
/tæp/ n [C] (HIT)

Definition

a quick and light hit, or the sound that this makes : She gave him a tap on the shoulder. There was a tap at the door.
(Definition of tap n (HIT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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