Definition of tapping
: the act, process, or means by which something is tapped
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Last call is at 9 p.m. Visitors can listen to local live music Friday and Saturday nights from 5 to 8 p.m. and at Wednesday night keg tappings.
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For San Mateo County, that meant tapping into a network of administrators, law enforcement officials, teachers, family members of students who had experienced mental health issues, and current and former students who suffered from depression.
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The skinny: Savor the tastes of over 150 Illinois craft beers while partaking in a variety of tapping and sampling events in Chicago and around the state.
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That will require tapping into a line that is more than 200 feet to the west of the building, Fields said.
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All their tapping points in the Fairview program are internal in the US.
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And Rutte used the occasion to stress the importance of a controversial Dutch intelligence law from June 2017 that would allow the government to conduct large-scale, untargeted tapping of Internet traffic.
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The traditional tapping of the keg will be at 7 p.m. Saturday.
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There will be plenty of beer, including tappings of specialty versions of Bourbon County Stout, and food from Girl & the Goat, Donermen, the Fat Shallot, and other restaurants and food trucks.
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First Known Use of tapping
15th century
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