Meaning & use
Tapped
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Struck gently, or accessed and made use of something.
See it in a sentence
She tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention.
The company tapped into a new market with its latest product line.
A note on using this word
The phrase 'phone tapped' uses a related sense meaning to secretly intercept a communication line.
Words with a similar meaning
knockedaccessed
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Secretly connected a device to a phone or wire in order to listen to conversations.
Investigators tapped the suspect's phone line for three weeks.
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