tap
The meaning (definition) of the word tap
to hit something lightly and quickly with your finger.
The word tap used in a sentence
“The woodpecker goes tap tap tap on the tree trunk.”
Words that mean the same as tap (synonyms)
patknockhit
How the word tap is said around the world
| French | taper (tah-PAY) |
| Spanish | tocar (GREE-foh) |
| Mandarin | 轻敲 (cheeng chyow) |
| Hindi | ठकठकाना (nul) |
| Arabic | نَقْر (MAHK-beed) |
| Russian | стучать (stoo-CHAHT) |
| Portuguese (EU) | tocar (too-KAHR) |
| Portuguese (BR) | tocar (toh-KAHR) |
| Japanese | 軽くたたく (kah-RU-ku tah-tah-ku) |
| German | klopfen (KLAWP-fuhn) |
| Urdu | تھپتھپائیں (tuh-puht-PAH-ayn) |
| Punjabi | ਥਪਕਣਾ (thuh-PUK-nah) |
| Korean | 톡치다 (SOO-doh-gohg-jee) |
| Hebrew | לְהַקִּישׁ (leh-hah-KEESH) |
| Greek | χτυπώ (pah-rah-KYAY-dee-see) |
| Dutch | tikken (krahn) |
| Tagalog | tapikin (tah-pee-KIN) |
| Vietnamese | vỗ nhẹ (voh nye) |
| Turkish | tıklatmak (tuk-laht-MAHK) |
| Persian | تقزدن (sheer) |
| Polish | pukać (oo-zis-KEE-vahch) |
| Ukrainian | стукати (STOO-kah-tee) |
| Bengali | টোকা (tap) |
| Swedish | knacka (KNAH-kah) |
| Italian | toccare (tohk-KAH-ray) |
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