Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A slight blow given as a caress.
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Examples
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Still, a mere love-tap compared to the typical Obama-supporter post about Hillary, wouldn't you agree?
Poll: Obama Slips Against McCain, Now Losing Among Independents 2009
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I told you that the GOP attacks would make Hillary's campaign against Obama look like a love-tap.
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"Still, a mere love-tap compared to the typical Obama-supporter post about Hillary, wouldn't you agree?"
Poll: Obama Slips Against McCain, Now Losing Among Independents 2009
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Yeah, everyone has their limits of pain, and what would send me crying for Mommy would be a mere love-tap to many in the lifestyle ...
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If you can't do it with a love-tap, get off my course.
How To Play Miniature Golf grailquestion 2004
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And Victor, I am sure, would not have been impressed with that light little love-tap I gave him.
Orphans of Chaos 2005
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Nightingale dropped the bottle beside him after giving him a second love-tap to ensure that he stayed out of the conflict for a while.
The Eagle And The Nightingale Lackey, Mercedes 1995
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Jake thought hard, not wanting to earn another love-tap from Gasher, and came up with a song he'd learned in summer day camp at the age of seven or eight.
The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991
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The courtier who addressed her thus received a sunny smile and a gentle love-tap on his cheek for pay.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916
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John sighed mournfully as he aided Barnabas to his feet, "and 't were only a love-tap, so to speak, -- this is what comes o 'your book reading."
The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915
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