Middle English Dictionary Entry

tappen v.(2)
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) To give a tap (at sth.);—used iron.; also, strike (sb. or sth.) lightly, hit, tap; pat (sb. or sth.); (b) to strike (one's foot) lightly upon something, tap; (c) in surname [for last quot. cp. tippen v.(1) (d)].