"tapping" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tappings [plural]
Rhymes: -æpɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tapping (countable and uncountable, plural tappings)
  1. An act of making a light hit or strike against something. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tapping-en-noun-Ht4NpJei
  2. (music) A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-tapping-en-noun-oYX6v2z0 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. The process by which a resource is tapped or exploited. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tapping-en-noun-iOvVeY6L
  4. (electrical engineering) A connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Electrical engineering

Verb

Rhymes: -æpɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tapping
  1. present participle and gerund of tap Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: tap Related terms: foot-tapping, hot tapping, self-tapping, self-tapping screw, tappingly, tapping up, toe-tapping
    Sense id: en-tapping-en-verb-tezg-Lpb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 4 19 18 58 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 4 18 20 57

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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