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    tap·ping
    [ˈtapiNG]
    noun
    BRITISH ENGLISH
    tapping (noun) · tappings (plural noun)
    1. an electrical connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.
    tap·ping
    [ˈtapiNG]
    noun
    tapping (noun) · tappings (plural noun)
    1. the action of striking against something with a quick light blow or blows, or a sound made in this way:
      "crews heard tapping from deep underground" · "there was a tapping at the door" · "in the background I could hear a tapping noise"
    tap
    [tap]
    noun
    tapping (noun)
    1. a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled:
      "she turned the cold tap on" · "the air-supply tap"
      • BRITISH ENGLISH
        an electrical connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.
    2. a device connected to a telephone used for listening secretly to someone's conversations:
      "those taps produced hundreds of hours of recordings"
      • an act of listening secretly to someone's telephone conversation.
    3. an instrument for cutting a threaded hole in a material.
    4. BRITISH ENGLISH
      a taproom.
    verb
    tapping (present participle)
    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"
    2. exploit or draw a supply from (a resource):
      "clients from industry seeking to tap Philadelphia's resources of expertise" · "these magazines have tapped into a target market of consumers"
      • informal
        obtain money or information from (someone):
        "he considered whom he could tap for information"
    3. connect a device to (a telephone) so that conversation can be listened to secretly:
      "the telephones were tapped by the state security police"
    4. cut a thread in (something) to accept a screw:
      "on most vices, the metal jaws are drilled and tapped to accept screws"
    Origin
    Old English tæppa ‘peg for the vent-hole of a cask’, tæppian ‘provide (a cask) with a stopper’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tap and German Zapfen (nouns).
    tap
    [tap]
    verb
    tapping (present participle)
    1. strike (someone or something) with a quick light blow or blows:
      "one of my staff tapped me on the shoulder"
      • strike (something) against something else with a quick light blow or blows:
        "Gloria was tapping her feet in time to the music"
      • (tap something out)
        produce (a rhythm) with a series of quick light blows on a surface:
        "drums that tapped out a rumba beat"
      • write or enter (something) using a keyboard or keypad:
        "he tapped out a few words on the keyboard"
    2. US ENGLISH
      informal
      designate or select (someone) for a task or honor, especially membership of an organization or committee:
      "he had been tapped earlier to serve in Costa Rica"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French taper, or of imitative origin; compare with clap and rap.
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  3. The meaning of TAPPING is the act, process, or means by which something is tapped.
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    Tapping definition: the act of a person or thing that taps or strikes lightly.
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    the act or noise of touching something gently, esp so as to make a soft knocking sounds
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