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.
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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
- chalk
- chronicle
- co-author
- compose
- copy
- creative writing
- fair sth out
- fire
- ghostwrite
- misspell
- orthography
- record
- run
- run sth off
- scrawl
- transcription
- typing
- write
- write sth up
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