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keytap

keytap noun: a keypress.

Noun

keytap (plural keytaps)

  1. A keypress.
    • Lee Cheng popped on the phone line. "Right. I'm tracing it." More keytaps, this time with a few beeps thrown in.1989, Clifford Stoll, The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
    • She was writing code in quick little flurries of keytaps.2011, Vikram Chandra, Love and Longing in Bombay

Forms of keytap

pluralkeytaps

Origin of keytap

From key + tap.

Questions about keytap

What does keytap mean?
Keytap means a keypress.
What part of speech is keytap?
Keytap is a noun.
What is the plural of keytap?
The plural of keytap is keytaps.

Words near keytap in the dictionary

  1. keyswitch
  2. keyswitches
  3. keytag
  4. keytainer
  5. keytainers
  6. keytap
  7. keytaps
  8. keytar
  9. keytarist
  10. keytarists
  11. keytars

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