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tapping

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. 1.To furnish with taps.
  2. 2.To draw off liquid from a vessel.
  3. 3.To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
  4. 4.To exploit.
  5. 5.To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.

noun

  1. 1.An act of making a light hit or strike against something.
  2. 2.A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard
  3. 3.The process by which a resource is tapped or exploited.

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