tapping

Meaning

1. An act of making a light hit or strike against something.
2. A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard
3. The process by which a resource is tapped or exploited.
4. A connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.

tap off

rap-tap

sounding someone out

tapoff

slag tap

tapping slag

slag tapping

tapping of molten steel

tap a blast furnace

wapping off

call waiting

Frequency

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tap

1. A tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
2. An object with a tapering cylindrical form like a tap (sense 1); specifically, short for taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).
3. A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe.
4. (informal) A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe.
5. Liquor drawn through a tap (sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing.
6. A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications.
7. A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.
8. A situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
9. A cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole, with cutting edges around the lower end and an upper end to which a handle is fitted to turn the tool.
10. Short for taphouse or taproom (“place where alcoholic beverages are served on tap”).
11. A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it; a tapping.

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