English Explanatory Dictionary

tapping

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  4. A connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of tap

Word forms

tapping tappings

Related words

foot-tapping hot tapping self-tapping self-tapping screw tappingly tapping up toe-tapping

Derived words

hypertapping wheeltapping
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