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tip-tap (iou)



tip-tap adjective, verb, & noun. E17.
[Redupl. of TAP noun2 or verb2.]
A. adjective. That taps repeatedly. rare. E17.
b. verb intrans. Infl. -pp-. Tap repeatedly or in alternation. M19.
E. Birney The chess-carver tiptapping / in his brick cave.
Comb.: tip-tap-toe dial. tick-tack-toe, noughts and crosses.
C. noun. (The sound of) a repeated tapping of alternating character. L19.