What does tapping mean?
Tapping means An act of making a light hit or strike against something..
Tapping
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
An act of making a light hit or strike against something..
Definitions by Sense
- An act of making a light hit or strike against something.
- (music) A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard
- The process by which a resource is tapped or exploited.
- (electrical engineering) A connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.
- present participle and gerund of tap
Example Sentences
As he was speaking there was a soft tapping at the door. I went over and opened it […]
She has rapid and powerful footwork, but she doesn’t wow you with any special trills or woodpecker tappings.
Competitive tappings of a common oil pool can lead only to waste and overproduction, unless rigidly regulated […]
The essential feature is that two adjacent transformer tappings are connected to the load simultaneously, each connection having a self-excited transductor in series; […].
Synonyms for tapping
Antonyms for tapping
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Word Forms
- tappings
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As he was speaking there was a soft tapping at the door. I went over and opened it […]
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