Hypertap

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To use voluntary muscle tremors to rapidly press and depress a button. intransitive

    "It may be that the hypertapping style of tetris play is the only way in the long run to max this out so it may require thor or dan to do it..."

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"It may be that the hypertapping style of tetris play is the only way in the long run to max this out so it may require thor or dan to do it..."

Etymology

From hyper- + tap. First attested in 2010, but in common usage only as of 2018. Coined by adult Tetris players to describe a technique used by Thor Aackerlund in a 1990 tournament.

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