tapping
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æpɪŋ
Noun
tapping (plural tappings)
- 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:
- She has rapid and powerful footwork, but she doesn’t wow you with any special trills or woodpecker tappings.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 20
- (music) A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard
Verb
tapping
- present participle of tap