tapping in English

noun

1

the action of a person or thing that taps.

As I opened the door, I felt a tapping at my shoulder.

verb

1

draw liquid through the tap or spout of (a cask, barrel, or other container).

bragging of tests they had aced and kegs they had tapped

synonyms: drain, bleed, milk, broach, open

2

cut a thread in (something) to accept a screw.

For this I had to drill holes in the frame and tap them so the screws turn in the frame.

3

strike (someone or something) with a quick light blow or blows.

one of my staff tapped me on the shoulder

synonyms: knock, rap, strike, beat, drum, pat, hit, strike, slap, jab, poke, dig

4

designate or select (someone) for a task or honor, especially membership in an organization or committee.

he had been tapped earlier to serve in Costa Rica

verb

drain, bleed, milk, broach, open
pour (out), draw off, siphon off, pump out, decant
bug, wiretap, monitor, overhear, eavesdrop on, spy on
draw on, exploit, milk, mine, use, utilize, turn to account
knock, rap, strike, beat, drum
pat, hit, strike, slap, jab, poke, dig
exploit
beg, solicit
knock, pink, rap
tip
bug, intercept, wiretap

Use "tapping" in a sentence

1. Only a woodpecker tapping.

2. Watching porn, tapping phones.

3. Die-cutting and tapping machines

4. Tapping Into Wholesome Peer Influence

5. Who's tapping at the door?

6. This music sets your feet tapping.

7. Hand operated drilling and tapping machines

8. Who's that tapping at the window?

9. The girls were tapping the rubber.

10. Someone is tapping at the door.

11. I`m tapping in the dark.

12. "It's tapping me out,"he says.

13. The music set everyone's feet tapping.

14. Tapping on the hive excited the bees.

15. The mechanism employs alternate bit tapping techniques.

16. Is that someone tapping on the door?

17. Disposable aligner for self-tapping threaded insert

18. Self-aligning and tapping bone joining implant

19. I suddenly felt tapping on my chest.

20. He was sensitive about questions of telephone tapping.

21. Stop tapping your feet! You're making me nervous.

22. Slight tapping with a mallet may be required.

23. He kept tapping his fingers on the table.

24. There was a soft tapping on my door.

25. He was busy tapping away at his computer.

26. 13 He is tapping the cask of cider.

27. Multiple spindle tapping unit produces high efficiency operation.

28. People are tapping into the power supply illegally.

29. You see the way she's tapping her head?

30. You were just tapping on your keyboard, right?

31. The company is tapping shareholders for ￡8 million.

32. The beam from the planet is tapping into us.

33. They're good at tapping into that local entrepreneurial talent.

34. He was tapping his walking stick against his leg.

35. The question about tapping my telephone is still hanging.

36. Your best tapping rate was 004 taps per millisecond.

37. We spend loads of time each day tapping keys.

38. Share the image by tapping EXPORT and selecting Share...

39. Share the image by tapping EXPORT and selecting Share

40. 6 People are tapping into the power supply illegally.

41. Tapping the table kills both birds with one stone.

42. Save the edits by tapping EXPORT and selecting Save.

43. There is then no effective sanction against illegal tapping.

44. The policy is changing to prohibit ads for phone tapping.

45. The geeks have traced the signal he's been tapping into.

46. Gloria was tapping her feet in time to the music.

47. I could hear him tapping his fingers on the desk.

48. Ginzberg explains some companies need reassurance about tapping overseas markets .

49. They made success by tapping into recent developments in technology.

50. Pipe accessories, Flange adaptors, pipe fittings, junction couplings, and tapping saddles