Meanings
nounkeytap (plural keytaps)
plural keytaps
- A keypress.
She was writing code in quick little flurries of keytaps.
2011, Vikram Chandra, Love and Longing in Bombay1 more example
Lee Cheng popped on the phone line. "Right. I'm tracing it." More keytaps, this time with a few beeps thrown in.
1989, Clifford Stoll, The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
Origin
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APA
keytap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keytap
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“keytap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keytap. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “keytap,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keytap.
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