double-tap

double-tap (third-person singular simple present double-taps, present participle double-tapping, simple past and past participle double-tapped)

1. Alternative form of double tap (“to shoot twice”).
   • 1995, Infantry (PB (United States. Army))‎, volumes 85-86, U.S. Army Infantry School, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 43:

     Frequently, enemy vehicle targets went unengaged because the crews ran out of ammunition before the end of the table. This time, the crews “double-tapped” far fewer enemy targets, conserved ammunition, and were able to engage every enemy vehicle target.

   • 2008 October 7, John J. Lamb, The Clockwork Teddy: A Bear Collector's Mystery (A Bear Collector's Mystery)‎, Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     As I'd crashed to the pavement in front of a crowd of stunned witnesses in Ghirardelli Square, my old partner, Gregg Mauel, had demonstrated why he'd once won a gold medal in marksmanship at the police athletic championships by double-tapping the shooter and killing him instantly.

2. Alternative form of double tap (“to click twice on a touchscreen”).
   • 2010 November 22, Jamie Alan Belanger, Pariah‎, Lost Luggage Studios LLC, →ISBN:

     Johnson closed the window and looked down at the rest of the articles. One near the bottom caught his attention. "Murder reported in Orlando bus station." He double-tapped that article and turned to its window.