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