Jump to content

tappy

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: Tappy

English

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

From tap +‎ -y.

Adjective

[edit]

tappy (comparative more tappy, superlative most tappy)

  1. Resembling a tapping sound.
    a tappy noise

Etymology 2

[edit]

See tappish.

Verb

[edit]

tappy (third-person singular simple present tappies, present participle tappying, simple past and past participle tappied)

  1. (obsolete) to lie close to the ground; to lie low or skulk

References

[edit]
  • OED 2nd edition 1989.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=tappy&oldid=81189931"