TAPPING

tapping

(noun) the sound of light blow or knock; “he heard the tapping of the man’s cane”

TAP

solicit, beg, tap

(verb) make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; “Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce”; “My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities”

exploit, tap

(verb) draw from; make good use of; “we must exploit the resources we are given wisely”

tap, tip

(verb) strike lightly; “He tapped me on the shoulder”

tap

(verb) cut a female screw thread with a tap

tap

(verb) pierce in order to draw a liquid from; “tap a maple tree for its syrup”; “tap a keg of beer”

tap

(verb) draw (liquor) from a tap; “tap beer in a bar”

tapdance, tap

(verb) dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes; “Glover tapdances better than anybody”

tap

(verb) walk with a tapping sound

tap, rap, knock, pink

(verb) make light, repeated taps on a surface; “he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently”

wiretap, tap, intercept, bug

(verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; “The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy”; “Is this hotel room bugged?”

tap

(verb) draw from or dip into to get something; “tap one’s memory”; “tap a source of money”

tap

(verb) furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it; “tap a cask of wine”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

tapping (plural tappings)

An act of making a light hit or strike against something.

(music) A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard

The process by which a resource is tapped or exploited.

Verb

tapping

present participle of tap

Source: Wiktionary

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TAP

Tap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tapping.] Etym: [F. taper to strike; of Teutonic origin; cf. dial. G. tapp, tapps, a blow, tappe a paw, fist, G. tappen to grope.]

1. To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

2. To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.

Tap, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tape. See Tap to strike.]

1. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. Addison.

2. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.

3. pl. (Mil.)

Definition: A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo. Wilhelm.

Tap, v. i.

Definition: To strike a gentle blow.

Tap, n. Etym: [AS. tæppa, akin to D. tap, G. zapfen, OHG. zapfo, Dan. tap, Sw. tapp, Icel. tappi. Cf. Tampion, Tip.]

1. A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.

2. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.

3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. [Colloq.]

4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar. [Colloq.]

5. (Mech.)

Definition: A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges. On tap. (a) Ready to be drawn; as, ale on tap. (b) Broached, or furnished with a tap; as, a barrel on tap.

– Plug tap (Mech.), a screw-cutting tap with a slightly tapering end.

– Tap bolt, a bolt with a head on one end and a thread on the other end, to be screwed into some fixed part, instead of passing through the part and receiving a nut. See Illust. under Bolt.

– Tap cinder (Metal.), the slag of a puddling furnace.

Tap, v. t.

1. To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.

2. Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.

3. To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing. Shak. He has been tapping his liquors. Addison.

4. (Mech.)

Definition: To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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