Tapping
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tapping is a noun meaning An act of making a light hit or strike against something.
Meaning
An act of making a light hit or strike against something.
More Meanings
- (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; […].
Word Forms
- tappings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include abroach, broached, banging, slap, bang, hitting.
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