Synonyms of tapping

tapping 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of tap

as in drumming

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drumming
• banging
• pounding
• patting
• hitting
• clapping
• rapping
• knocking
• beating
• clicking
• slamming
• smacking
• thumping
• batting
• hammering
• whacking
• flicking
• bopping
• thudding
• swatting
• socking
• clattering
• pinging
• bashing
• clinking
• pasting
• thwacking
• striking
• walloping
• tipping
• bonking
• chinking
• chucking
• pitter-pattering
• pit-a-patting

tapping

2 of 2

verb (2)

present participle of tap

as in draining

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely

the oil company tapped that first well completely dry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• draining
• pumping
• siphoning
• sucking
• emptying
• bleeding
• drawing (off)
• drafting
• evacuating
• cleaning
• milking
• flushing
• clearing
• purging
• vacating
• depleting
• exhausting
• voiding
• vacuating
• decanting
• effusing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filling
• washing
• wetting
• soaking
• watering
• bathing
• drenching
• flooding
• dousing
• drowning
• overflowing
• inundating
• submerging
• sousing
• swamping
• deluging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tapping

Verb

So, every touchpoint…a search, a product page view, someone adding to cart, opening an email, tapping an SMS, engaging with a push notification…becomes a live decision point. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

Musk’s name is one of a number of wealthy individuals that Paramount CEO David Ellison has considered tapping for the syndicate, the people said. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2026

In a shocker, Microsoft is tapping Call of Duty publisher Activision to build the next Halo game as Redmond axes more jobs at its first-party studios. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

With Centennial driving, Champlin Park's Eric Lukes pulled down a brilliant toe-tapping interception to kill a Cougars' drive. — Ren Clayton, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

More than eight in 10 voters support tapping the state’s flush coffers to bolster human service programs weakened by severe federal cutbacks, according to a new poll commissioned by Connecticut nonprofit social service agencies. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026

That included eliminating 400 vacant positions, tapping an $89 million rail-project reserve to cover transit expenses and using an affordable-housing reserve to pay for a county eviction-reduction program. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

Today, mega-cap AI companies are tapping the bond market as AI infrastructure spending eatis into their free cash flows. — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

My favorite new party trick, though, is folding the Duo, propping it on a table, tapping once, and walking into the frame. — Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026