Meaning & use
Tapping
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Striking something lightly and repeatedly, or drawing off liquid or resources from a source.
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She was tapping her pen impatiently against the desk.
The company began tapping new markets in Southeast Asia.
A note on using this word
The word covers both a literal light striking sound and a figurative sense of accessing a resource, as in 'tapping into savings.'
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Secretly monitoring a telephone line or communication.
Investigators were caught tapping the suspect's phone without a warrant.
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