tapping

noun

tap·​ping ˈta-piŋ 

: the act, process, or means by which something is tapped

Examples of tapping in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dating as far back as the Game Boy, Nintendo consoles have long appealed to players who like a little toe-tapping with their alien-zapping. — ABC News, 26 June 2026

Indeed, the tapping of an individual button is perhaps the least significant event on the planet, shifting nothing apart from the dust beneath it. — Literary Hub, 19 May 2026

And that became mighty inconvenient in the seventh inning, when shortstop Willy Adames swung through a pitch, grimaced with lower back pain and made a tapping-out gesture to the dugout. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 29 June 2026

Who among us has not experienced an inability to ignore repetitive tapping, clicking, chewing, smacking, and sniffling? — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing tapping

• phone tapping
• table-tapping

Rhymes for tapping

• capping
• clapping
• flapping
• lapping
• mapping
• napping
• rapping
• sapping
• scrapping
• slapping
• snapping
• strapping