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Meaning of tapping

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

tapping

verb

Definitions

  1. To furnish with taps.

    Example: If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!

  2. To draw off liquid from a vessel.

    Example: He tapped a new barrel of beer.

  3. To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.

  4. To exploit.

    Example: Businesses are trying to tap the youth market.

verb

Definitions

  1. To strike lightly.

    Example: She tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention.

  2. To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.

    Example: He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table.

    Synonyms:hitpatterpoundrapstrike
  3. To make a sharp noise.

    Example: The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane.

    Synonyms:banghitpingrap
  4. To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.

noun

Definitions

  1. An act of making a light hit or strike against something.

  2. A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard

  3. The process by which a resource is tapped or exploited.