technical tap
technical tap · technical taps
A tap or a slap on a device in a way to either make it work correctly again, or break…A tap or a slap on a device in a way to either make it work correctly again, or break it completely. For example, hitting a TV to get its reception back, or hitting a jukebox back to life.
Meaning
1 sensesA tap or a slap on a device in a way to either make it work correctly again, or break it completely. For example, hitting a TV to get its reception back, or hitting a jukebox back to life.
Origin
The phrase became popular in the Second Industrial Revolution, when sometimes vacuum tubesThe phrase became popular in the Second Industrial Revolution, when sometimes vacuum tubes or soldered connections would become loose.
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plural: technical taps| Singular | technical tap |
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