"tap on" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "taps on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tapping on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tapped on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tapped on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "tap on (third-person singular simple present taps on, present participle tapping on, simple past and past participle tapped on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 100",
      "word": "tap off"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To strike an object or a person lightly and swiftly."
      ],
      "id": "en-tap_on-en-verb-BeKVWxp2",
      "links": [
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "lightly",
          "lightly"
        ],
        [
          "swiftly",
          "swiftly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To strike an object or a person lightly and swiftly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"on\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024 February 25, Cory Sharber, “SEPTA rolls out new multi-rider feature for Key card holders”, in WHYY, retrieved 2025-01-11:",
          "text": "Launching Monday, the new multi-rider feature will allow up to five riders to use the same Key card when taking a SEPTA bus, trolley, the Broad Street Line, the Market-Frankford Line, the Norristown High Speed Line and Regional Rail.(…) Riders will need to tap on and tap off to get the correct fare.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 November 25, Charlotte Gore, “From today MyWay+ will be in use on Canberra's buses and light rail. Here's what's changing”, in ABC News, retrieved 2025-01-11:",
          "text": "The new system allows users to tap on and off at a validator with a new MyWay+ transport card or certain contactless bank cards.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 November 27, Live Condous, “Yes! Victorians will soon be able to tap on public transport with bank cards, with a trial underway”, in Time Out, retrieved 2025-01-11:",
          "text": "Public Transport Victoria (PTV) has just kicked off a trial of a new contactless payment system in regional Victoria, allowing passengers to tap on with a credit or debit card, as well as with Apple Pay on phones and smart watches.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To initiate an electronic ticketing process at the start of a public transport journey by holding a chipcard or a mobile device close to a terminal or reader"
      ],
      "id": "en-tap_on-en-verb-M2nz0BOo",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To initiate an electronic ticketing process at the start of a public transport journey by holding a chipcard or a mobile device close to a terminal or reader"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tap in"
        },
        {
          "word": "touch in"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tap on"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"on\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "taps on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tapping on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tapped on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tapped on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "tap on (third-person singular simple present taps on, present participle tapping on, simple past and past participle tapped on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tap off"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To strike an object or a person lightly and swiftly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "lightly",
          "lightly"
        ],
        [
          "swiftly",
          "swiftly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To strike an object or a person lightly and swiftly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024 February 25, Cory Sharber, “SEPTA rolls out new multi-rider feature for Key card holders”, in WHYY, retrieved 2025-01-11:",
          "text": "Launching Monday, the new multi-rider feature will allow up to five riders to use the same Key card when taking a SEPTA bus, trolley, the Broad Street Line, the Market-Frankford Line, the Norristown High Speed Line and Regional Rail.(…) Riders will need to tap on and tap off to get the correct fare.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 November 25, Charlotte Gore, “From today MyWay+ will be in use on Canberra's buses and light rail. Here's what's changing”, in ABC News, retrieved 2025-01-11:",
          "text": "The new system allows users to tap on and off at a validator with a new MyWay+ transport card or certain contactless bank cards.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 November 27, Live Condous, “Yes! Victorians will soon be able to tap on public transport with bank cards, with a trial underway”, in Time Out, retrieved 2025-01-11:",
          "text": "Public Transport Victoria (PTV) has just kicked off a trial of a new contactless payment system in regional Victoria, allowing passengers to tap on with a credit or debit card, as well as with Apple Pay on phones and smart watches.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To initiate an electronic ticketing process at the start of a public transport journey by holding a chipcard or a mobile device close to a terminal or reader"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To initiate an electronic ticketing process at the start of a public transport journey by holding a chipcard or a mobile device close to a terminal or reader"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tap in"
        },
        {
          "word": "touch in"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tap on"
}