double tap
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Noun
[edit]double tap (plural double taps)
- (idiomatic) A tactical shooting technique of pulling the trigger of a weapon twice in quick succession to deliver two shots to the same target zone.
- Two shots or bullets fired in such a way.
- 2013 July 31, Gary J. Crawford, Double Tap: A Sam Mccloud Novel[1], Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 89:
- “You said yourself that it looked like a professional hit with a double tap to the head. She could have hired it done and what better alibi than to be in another state when the murder took place,” Danny said.
- (by extension) A bombing strategy where the same target is attacked twice, with the second attack targeting rescuers and mourners.
- 2016, Christine Sixta Rinehart, Drones and Targeted Killing in the Middle East and Africa: An Appraisal of American Counterterrorism Policies, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 91:
- Perhaps initially in Afghanistan, the double tap was useful as al-Qa'ida or Taliban members would collect the bodies.
Verb
[edit]double tap (third-person singular simple present double taps, present participle double tapping, simple past and past participle double tapped)
- To shoot twice in rapid succession.
- To click twice on a touchscreen.
- 2020 June 27, Chad V. Holtkamp, The Spook & Goon Space Adventures Series: Missions 4-6 (The SPOOK & GOON Space Adventures Series Boxset)[2], CVH Group, Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC:
- Peitz tapped the screen and scrolled through a variety of drink icons. He double tapped a couple of others to add the extras and the comm dinged once it registered the final selection.
- 2015 October 29, Stewart Melart, iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus for Seniors: The Complete Guide (1)[3], Conceptual Kings:
- To open an app, tap an item or toggle a switch by choosing the item and then double tapping the screen. When the selected item is double tapped, it will invoke the command as desired.