double tap

English

Alternative forms

double-tap, doubletap

Pronunciation

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Noun

double tap (plural double taps)

(idiomatic) A tactical shooting technique of pulling the trigger of a weapon twice in quick succession to deliver two shots to the same target zone.
Two shots or bullets such fired.
- 2013 July 31, Gary J. Crawford, Double Tap: A Sam Mccloud Novel‎, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, OCLC 1124311760, page 89:
  “You said yourself that it looked like a professional hit with a double tap to the head. She could have hired it done and what better alibi than to be in another state when the murder took place,” Danny said.
(by extension) A bombing strategy where the same target is attacked twice, with the second attack targeting rescuers and mourners.
- 2016, Christine Sixta Rinehart, Drones and Targeted Killing in the Middle East and Africa: An Appraisal of American Counterterrorism Policies, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 91:
  Perhaps initially in Afghanistan, the double tap was useful as al-Qa'ida or Taliban members would collect the bodies.

Verb

double tap (third-person singular simple present double taps, present participle double tapping, simple past and past participle double tapped)

To shoot twice.
To click twice on a touchscreen.
- 2020 June 27, Chad V. Holtkamp, The Spook & Goon Space Adventures Series: Missions 4-6 (The SPOOK & GOON Space Adventures Series Boxset)‎, CVH Group, Inc., →ISBN, OCLC 1277057890:
  Peitz tapped the screen and scrolled through a variety of drink icons. He double tapped a couple of others to add the extras and the comm dinged once it registered the final selection.
- 2015 October 29, Stewart Melart, iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus for Seniors: The Complete Guide (1)‎, Conceptual Kings:
  To open an app, tap an item or toggle a switch by choosing the item and then double tapping the screen. When the selected item is double tapped, it will invoke the command as desired.