double-tap

present singular third person double-taps · participle present double-tapping · participle past double-tapped · past double-tapped

1. alternativeAlternative form of double tap (“to shoot twice”).

   Frequently, enemy vehicle targets went unengaged because the crews ran out of ammunition before the end of the table. This time, the crews “double-tapped” far fewer enemy targets, conserved ammunition, and were able to engage every enemy vehicle target.

   1995, Infantry (PB (United States. Army)), volumes 85-86, U.S. Army Infantry School, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 43

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   As I'd crashed to the pavement in front of a crowd of stunned witnesses in Ghirardelli Square, my old partner, Gregg Mauel, had demonstrated why he'd once won a gold medal in marksmanship at the police athletic championships by double-tapping the shooter and killing him instantly.

   2008 October 7, John J. Lamb, The Clockwork Teddy: A Bear Collector's Mystery (A Bear Collector's Mystery), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC

2. alternativeAlternative form of double tap (“to click twice on a touchscreen”).

   Johnson closed the window and looked down at the rest of the articles. One near the bottom caught his attention. "Murder reported in Orlando bus station." He double-tapped that article and turned to its window.

   2010 November 22, Jamie Alan Belanger, Pariah, Lost Luggage Studios LLC, →ISBN