"tappy" meaning in English

See tappy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more tappy [comparative], most tappy [superlative]
Etymology: tap + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tap|y}} tap + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} tappy (comparative more tappy, superlative most tappy)
  1. Resembling a tapping sound.
    Sense id: en-tappy-en-adj-XG~pWNHw Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: tappies [present, singular, third-person], tappying [participle, present], tappied [participle, past], tappied [past]
Etymology: See tappish. Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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 Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-tappy-en-verb-NMr8krHG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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