tap out

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   beat out a rhythm

   Synonymsbeat outthump out

   Broaderbeat

Questions about tap out

What does tap out mean?

tap out means "beat out a rhythm".

What is another word for tap out?

Close synonyms include beat out, thump out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tap out a common word?

tap out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.