transitive. To clap with the open hand or the like; to pat, slap lightly. Obsolete.

transitive. To strike lightly, but clearly and audibly; rarely applied by meiosis to a sharp knock or rap. to tap up, to rouse, cause to get up…

transitive. To strike or hit, esp. lightly or gently. Now chiefly in sporting contexts: to strike, kick, or play (the ball, etc.) lightly or…

Without the notion of great force: To tap, rap, knock. Also with cognate or double object, and intransitive with on, upon.

transitive. To strike or hit smartly but lightly; to give a slight blow, knock, or touch to; to tap noiselessly.

transitive and intransitive. To strike or tap lightly; to pat. Scottish in later use.

transitive. To touch lightly, pat, tap. dialect.

transitive. To dab lightly or finely: cf. dab, v.1 2.

To rap or tap with a slight (usually elastic) blow.

transitive. colloquial. To strike, punch, knock; to deliver (a blow) to a person. Also: (British regional) †to strike lightly, tap (obsolete). Also…

Medicine. transitive. To perform percussion on (a part of the body). Also: to detect (a clinical sign) by means of percussion (percussion, n. 5).

transitive. To strike, hit. In early use: to strike (esp. a person) forcefully. Now: to strike (a person or thing) in a sharp, usually relatively…