tapping (noun)

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• tapping — noun a) 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... b) A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard …   Wiktionary

• tapping — noun Tapping is used after these nouns: ↑telephone …   Collocations dictionary

• tapping — noun the sound of light blow or knock (Freq. 2) he heard the tapping of the man s cane • Derivationally related forms: ↑tap • Hypernyms: ↑sound • Hyponyms: ↑rat a tat tat, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• tapping drill — noun 1. : tap drill 2. : a machine for tapping nuts …   Useful english dictionary

• tapping hole — noun : a hole made smaller than the nominal size of a screw or pipe to allow for tapping …   Useful english dictionary

• tapping screw — noun : a hardened screw that cuts threads in the pieces it secures and that is used in materials which would otherwise require a separate tapping operation or the use of a nut …   Useful english dictionary

• tapping — noun Date: 15th century the act, process, or means by which something is tapped …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• tapping up — noun making an approach to a player, under contract to another club, in order to attempt to negotiate a transfer …   Wiktionary

• tapping key — noun : a light flexible metallic strip provided with contacts so that when it is momentarily pressed an electric circuit is made or broken and when it is released the opposite effect is automatically produced …   Useful english dictionary

• phone tapping — noun [noncount] Brit : ↑wiretapping * * * ˈphone tapping [phone tapping] noun = ↑telephone tapping …   Useful english dictionary

• tapping — I. /ˈtæpɪŋ/ (say taping) noun 1. the act of someone or something that taps or strikes lightly. 2. the sound so made. {tap1 + ing1} II. /ˈtæpɪŋ/ (say taping) noun 1. the act of someone or something that taps casks, etc. 2. that which is drawn by… …