tapping

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æpɪŋ

Noun

tapping (plural tappings)

1. An act of making a light hit or strike against something.
   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 20

     As he was speaking there was a soft tapping at the door. I went over and opened it...

   • 2009 June 26, Alastair Macaulay, “Leading the Audience Into Flamenco’s Heart”, in New York Times^[1]:

     She has rapid and powerful footwork, but she doesn’t wow you with any special trills or woodpecker tappings.

2. (music) A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard

Verb

tapping

1. present participle of tap