What does Tapping mean?

Definitions for Tapping
ˈtæp ɪŋtap·ping

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tappingnoun

    the sound of light blow or knock

    "he heard the tapping of the man's cane"

Wiktionary

  1. tappingnoun

    An act of making a light hit or strike against something.

  2. tappingnoun

    A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard

Wikipedia

  1. Tapping

    Tapping is a playing technique that can be used on any stringed instrument, but which is most commonly used on guitar. The technique involves a string being fretted and set into vibration as part of a single motion. This is in contrast to standard techniques that involve fretting with one hand and picking with the other. Tapping is the primary technique intended for instruments such as the Chapman Stick.

ChatGPT

  1. tapping

    Tapping is an action that involves making light blows or striking something repeatedly, typically with a small device or an object. It can also be the process of cutting internal threads in a hole using a tool known as a tap, often used in engineering. In music, it refers to a guitar technique involving the rapid finger movement on the fretboard. In dance, it's a style that involves rhythmical sounds and movements using the feet. It can also refer to the process of accessing or drawing from a resource or supply, in a figurative sense.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tapping

    of Tap

Wikidata

  1. Tapping

    Tapping is a guitar playing technique, where a string is fretted and set into vibration as part of a single motion of being pushed onto the fretboard, as opposed to the standard technique being fretted with one hand and picked with the other. It is similar to the technique of hammer-ons and pull-offs, but used in an extended way compared to them: hammer-ons would be performed by only the fretting hand, and in conjunction with conventionally picked notes; whereas tapping passages involve both hands and consist of only tapped, hammered and pulled notes. Some players use exclusively tapping, and it is standard on some instruments, such as the Chapman Stick.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Tapping in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Tapping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Tapping in a Sentence

  1. Tu Le:

    Communities tend to lean towards loyalty ... that’s exactly what Nio is tapping into, if Nio can continue to build the community, launch great products, and not have any major quality spills they are well-positioned to be a major player in China.

  2. Will Marshall:

    Republicans are tapping into frustrations real and imagined, but we have left a vacuum, we have no reform agenda. Our party is seen as propping up a bureaucratic status quo that many parents thought didn't perform well during the pandemic. You can't just point to Republican demagoguery about race and books and win the argument. You have to make voters a counteroffer.

  3. Steven Conley:

    I kept tapping the display to see if it would change.

  4. Ulrich Spiesshofer:

    2016 will be characterized by continued market headwinds and uncertainties, therefore, we need to focus on tapping the growth opportunities that are there and realizing the benefits of our new leaner structure.

  5. Alex Vatanka:

    There is a large pool to draw from, there are pockets within that Shi'ite community that have been willing to pick up arms to fight for their Shi’ite identity, their sectarian identity. And that’s what the IRGC is tapping into.

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