0 a greeting or an expression of admiration in which two people knock their fists together:
The most common modern term used to identify modern is the word dap or dap greeting.
Instruments typically include dap (a frame drum), hammered dulcimers, fiddles and lutes; performers have some space for personal embellishments, especially in the percussion.
Correspondingly, as a verb, dap or dape, is apparently parallel to dab, the final p expressing a lighter touch.
It can be followed by various other hand and body gestures and may be part of a dap greeting.
The term "dap" may have originated as an acronym for "dignity and pride", or may have been backronymed.