Tapping

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of one that taps.
  • n. The process or means by which something is tapped.
  • n. Something that is taken or drawn by tapping.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An act of making a light hit or strike against something.
  • n. A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard
  • v. Present participle of tap.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • The act or process of boring a hole in a pipe, cask, or any similar object for the insertion of a spigot or faucet.
  • In surgery, paracentesis, or the operation of giving vent to fluid which has collected in some space, as that of the pleura or peritoneum.
  • n. The act of giving taps or slight and gentle blows; also, a series of taps.
  • n. In foundry work, the operation of jarring or shaking the pattern in the loam by striking it gently to release it without disturbing the loam.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the sound of light blow or knock
  • Verb Form
    tapped    tapping    taps   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stopper    plug    stopple    tool    plate    sound    go    cut    trip the light fantastic toe    trip the light fantastic   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    tapping    tapped   
    Form
    tapped    tapping    taproom    taproot    on tap    tapped out    tap into    on the tap   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pat    faucet    taproom    bar    handle    spout    spigot    eavesdrop    rap    ping   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    App    Capp    Jap    Lapp    Papp    Trapp    Yap    app    cap    chap   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    knock    rap    click    thump    slap    shake    footstep    beat    whisper    rattle