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verb (1)

past tense of tap
as in drummed
to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically tapped her foot in time to the music kept tapping the desk with his pencil

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verb (2)

past tense of tap
as in drained
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely the oil company tapped that first well completely dry

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Recent Examples of tapped
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Becerra tapped Liz Saldivar, a longtime confidante, to lead the transition team. — Liam Russell, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026 Search firm Blue Signal has been tapped to help the city and as of Monday, two candidates had been interviewed for the position. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026 Eisenkot gets nod to form Israeli government Israel’s president tapped Gadi Eisenkot to try to form the country’s next government, kicking off a tortuous negotiating process that could oust long-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026 SiriusXM has tapped Tubi CEO Anjali Sud as its new chief executive, effective January 1. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2026 Dior has tapped seasoned communications executive Caroline Deroche Pasquier as director of press, VIP and cultural relations, WWD has learned. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2026 Canadian pop star Carly Rae Jepsen has been tapped to host the 56th annual Juno Awards next year. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2026 Amy Pascal and David Heyman will produce, while veteran casting director Nina Gold has been tapped to lead the search for the next Bond. — Anna Tingley, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026 Andrews faced incumbent Republican Darline Graham, who was tapped to finish her brother Lindsey Graham’s time in the senate after his death. — Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tapped
  1. drummed
  2. drained
  3. banged
  4. pumped
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  • Research from clinical trials that have required female participants only since 1993 have repeatedly drummed home that message, from varying chromosomes in heart muscle cells to different heart attack symptoms and causes.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In Malabo, Bioko’s biggest city, a team of men and women equipped with insecticide sprayers squeezed between low-rise cement buildings on a recent morning, as heavy rain drummed on aluminum roofs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
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  • Osceola faces a $100 million budget shortfall and has drained most of its reserve funds.
    — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
  • But this resilience should not be mistaken for future security of supply, especially as this potential escalation comes at a time when global inventory levels have been drained by around 1 billion barrels.
    — Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of drained
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  • Canada banged awkwardly into Williams’ knee on a box out during her late free throws and the Valkyries star was being cared for by an athletic trainer on the bench in the waning moments.
    — Janie McCauley, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Canada banged awkwardly into Williams’ knee on a box out during her late free throws and the Valkyries’ star was being cared for by an athletic trainer on the bench in the waning moments.
    — Janie McCauley, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of banged
Verb
  • Callaway said the farm’s 17 restrooms are regularly cleaned and pumped twice a week.
    — Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • There’s Peter Green (Firstman), a scruffy, dark-haired man in his twenties; his flinty-eyed business partner, Sophie (Cara Delevingne); and several other friends, all of them pumped to drink, dance, and do ketamine bumps into the wee hours.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of pumped

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“Tapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tapped. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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