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Uncommontapping
The correct spelling is tapping.
How to pronounce tapping
verb
Say it like: Tap-pin-g
The correct spelling is tapping. To furnish with taps. For example: "If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!"
Usage Examples
“If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!”
“He tapped a new barrel of beer.”
“Businesses are trying to tap the youth market.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To furnish with taps.
- 2.To draw off liquid from a vessel.
- 3.To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
- 4.To exploit.
- 5.To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
noun
- 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.
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