What word can be used to mean either click or tap?

Very often we need to speak generically about clicking or tapping an item, but there seems to be a lack of vocabulary in English for this. We could just say "click or tap" every time, but that is just clumsy.

Select is often used as a generic term, but it also has a different meaning (as in select text with the cursor) so could cause some confusion.

So what word can be used to refer to "clicking or tapping" an item?


Background:

I regularly work on web apps that run on a browser, so they are used on mobile (touch based) and pc's. I've used the term 'click' in the past as a generic term, but on user testing it has shown to cause some confusion for users. Select has been the clearest, but I am loathe to use that term as it has another meaning.


Some references:

  • Similar discussion at English SE
  • Cennydd Bowles (of Twitter and AListApart) offers Selecting
  • Not everyone agrees
  • Microsoft isn't very clear either ("click or tap X") in their Win8 UX Guide