tap at (something)
tap at (something)
To strike something lightly, swiftly, and repeatedly. You're never going to drive the stake into the ground tapping at it with your hammer like that. I could have sworn I heard someone tapping at the window, but there was no one there when I got up to check.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
tap at something
to make one or more light blows on something. Fred tapped at the door, but no one heard him. Who is tapping at my window?
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- tap at
- tap on
- tap on (something)
- tap with
- tap (someone or something) with (something)
- hammer (something) into (someone or something)
- hammer into
- hammer into and pound into
- rap at (someone or something)
- rap on (something)