Lovetap
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A light punch or other rough tap, performed in a friendly or affectionate manner.
"Why am I in trouble for hitting him? It was just a lovetap! See, he's not hurt."
- 2 A strike or collision with relatively little force, or causing relatively little damage. broadly
"Surely you forget the manner in which my hospitality has already been requited[…] with a love-tap received over the shoulders of one of my men, by so gentle an instrument as the butt of a musket!"
Example
More examples"Why am I in trouble for hitting him? It was just a lovetap! See, he's not hurt."
Etymology
From love + tap.
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