Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/February 10

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Word of the day
for February 10
tap n
  1. (countable)
    1. A light blow or strike with a clear sound; a gentle rap; a pat; also, the sound made by such a blow or strike.
    2. (chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of work; a stroke of work.
    3. (dance) One of the metal pieces attached to the sole of a tap dancer's shoe at the toe and heel to cause a tapping sound.
    4. (firearms, slang) A shot fired from a firearm.
    5. (graphical user interface) An act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen of an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function.
    6. (phonetics) A single muscle contraction in vocal organs causing a consonant sound; also, the sound so made.
    7. (British, dialectal or US) A piece of leather or other material fastened upon the bottom of an item of footwear when repairing the heel or sole; also (England, dialectal) the sole of an item of footwear.
  2. (uncountable, dance) Ellipsis of tap dance. [...]

The American actor, singer, and later diplomat Shirley Temple, known for her tap dancing when she was a child actor, died on this day ten years ago in 2014.

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