# tapping

Pronunciation: say "TAP-ing" /ˈtæpɪŋ/

## Noun

1. A light blow or knock made against a surface or object.
   - Simple: A light hit or knock against something.
   - _The steady tapping of his pen annoyed everyone in the meeting._
   - _She heard a faint tapping at the front door late that evening._
3. The process of drawing on or exploiting a resource so it can be put to use.
   - Simple: The act of drawing useful material from a source so people can use it.
   - _The tapping of underground aquifers has steadily lowered the water table._
   - _Rival tappings of the same natural gas field drained it in less than a decade._
4. A guitar technique in which the strings are struck against the fingerboard with the fingers to sound notes.
   - Simple: A way of playing guitar by striking the strings against the neck with your fingers to make notes.
   - _The guitarist's tapping filled the arena during the closing solo._
   - _Two-handed tapping lets players reach notes a single hand cannot cover._
5. A connection to an electrical component at a point between its end terminals, as partway along a transformer coil.
   - Simple: A wire joined to a point partway along a coil, not at its two ends.
   - _The engineer soldered a tapping midway along the coil to draw off a reduced voltage._
   - _Each tapping on the winding corresponds to a different output voltage._

## Verb

2. Present participle of tap. — present participle and gerund of tap
   - Simple: Present participle of tap. Use this form for an action happening now.
   - _Rain was tapping against the windowpane all through the night._
   - _The woodpecker is tapping at the bark, searching for insects._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/tapping (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).