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    Meaning of “tap sth out” in the English Dictionary

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    tap sth out

    — phrasal verb with tap uk ​ /tæp/ us ​ /tæp/ verb -pp-

    › to produce the rhythm of a piece of music by hitting a surface gently :

    He sat at the drums and tapped out the beat.

    Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

    Playing music

    • accompaniment
    • accompany
    • busk
    • chop
    • conduct
    • fiddle
    • fingering
    • improvisation
    • interpreter
    • jam
    • music
    • perform
    • raise the roof idiom
    • serenade
    • sight-read
    • strike
    • strum
    • swell
    • tickle the ivories idiom
    • tune

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    › to write something using a keyboard, mobile phone, etc.:

    She quickly tapped out a message on her phone.

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    Writing & typing

    • borrow
    • chronicle
    • co-author
    • commit
    • compose
    • copy
    • creative writing
    • fair sth out
    • fire
    • ghostwrite
    • key
    • note sth down
    • orthography
    • run
    • run sth off
    • scrawl
    • transcription
    • typing
    • write
    • write sth up

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    (Definition of “tap sth out” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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    • tap out something
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