Meaning
- (weak) to tap, to strike lightly (often repeatedly)
- (ambitransitive, weak) to type (on a typewriter or keyboard)
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɪpən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Low German tippen (“to touch lightly”), from Middle Low German tip (“tip, fingertip”), cognate with English tip, from Proto-Germanic *tuppijô, *tuppijǭ (“tip”), diminutive of *tuppaz (“top”). Merged with Central and Low German tippen, dippen, düppen (“to dip, to dab, to tap”), from Proto-Germanic *dupjaną, cognate with tupfen and English dip. The sense “to type” is influenced by English type.
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