Usage of "alveolar flapping"

Phonetic change of -t- and -d- between vowels in some English dialects.

Synonyms

Examples for "tapping"

The Bush administration is already tapping it to help money market funds. 
 The Irish Times 

Its networks penetrated deep into society, monitoring citizens and tapping phone lines. 
 Reuters 

And the speech was long on self-justification on phone tapping and Iraq. 
 The Irish Times 

It's imperative you consider the longevity of whatever industry you're tapping into. 
 Jamaica Observer 

The telephone tapping was a more difficult task than the computer monitoring. 
 The girl who kicked the hornet's nest 

Tonino heard her flapping and crackling among the paper-ifit was paper. 
 The Magicians of Caprona 

They use their short wings for balance and support rather than flapping. 
 Wired 

Tangle heard the flapping of its wings die away in the distance. 
 The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories 

The nestlings went flapping and stumbling through the roots of the heather. 
 Mary Olivier: a Life 

I clutched at the flapping ends of the paper and read on: 
 The Firefly of France 

Meanings of alveolar flapping in English