tappy

See also: Tappy

English

Etymology 1

From tap +‎ -y.

Adjective

tappy (comparative more tappy, superlative most tappy)

1. Resembling a tapping sound.

   a tappy noise

Etymology 2

See tappish.

Verb

tappy (third-person singular simple present tappies, present participle tappying, simple past and past participle tappied)

1. (obsolete) to lie close to the ground; to lie low or skulk

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “tappy”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.