dapikal verb English. Beats, taps the edge of a gong or even flooring with a complementary rhythm, usu. with narrow unpadded sticks, while the principal player beats the face of the gong with a single well-padded stick. Example sentence: Subanen. Kali' pekpuung si Nasio, dinapikalan ni Baglis. English. When Nasio played the gongs, it was tapped complementarily by Baglis. Synonym. basal