tapping
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tapping
Rhymes with -æpɪŋ
noun tappings
- An act of making a light hit or strike against something. As he was speaking there was a soft tapping at the door. I went over and opened it […]
- A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard
- The process by which a resource is tapped or exploited. Competitive tappings of a common oil pool can lead only to waste and overproduction, unless rigidly regulated […]
- A connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component. The essential feature is that two adjacent transformer tappings are connected to the load simultaneously, each connection having a self-excited transductor in series; […].
verb
- present participle and gerund of tap
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: abroach, broached, banging, slap, bang, hitting, beating, striking, interception, unlocking, threaded, harnessing, exploring, exploit, leverage, development
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| Español | tamborileo, tabaleo, golpeteo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 點弦 /点弦 diǎnxián |
Talk about this word "tapping." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tapping. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tapping. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tapping "tapping." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tapping.Cite this
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title = {tapping},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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