tapping
ta ping
- n the sound of light blow or knock
he heard the tapping of the man's cane - v cut a female screw thread with a tap
- v draw from or dip into to get something
- v strike lightly
- v draw from; make good use of
- v tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy - v furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
- v make light, repeated taps on a surface
he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently - v walk with a tapping sound
- v dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
- v draw (liquor) from a tap
- v pierce in order to draw a liquid from
- v make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- In the meantime, carriers aim to encourage more of us in middle age to start tapping.
- Risset rhythms seem to get faster and faster, yet not if you time them by tapping your foot.
- Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow wears the famous verse on his eye black during the 2009 NCAA championship game, tapping into a long history of Biblical citation.