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Meanings of tapping in English

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

Usage of tapping in English
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The Bush administration is already tapping it to help money market funds.
The Irish Times
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Its networks penetrated deep into society, monitoring citizens and tapping phone lines.
Reuters
3
And the speech was long on self-justification on phone tapping and Iraq.
The Irish Times
4
It's imperative you consider the longevity of whatever industry you're tapping into.
Jamaica Observer
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The telephone tapping was a more difficult task than the computer monitoring.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
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She said something else that caught his attention, tapping a search parameter.
Deadly little secrets
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The powers he had sought included tagging explosives and extended wire-tapping powers.
The Irish Times
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Secret police are everywhere -lurking in cars, following everyone, tapping phones.
Reuters
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He did not even know if he was tapping the right spot.
Gravity
10
He held a whip in his hand and kept tapping the ground.
Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
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He would like to hear some of that tapping in the chimney.
A Splendid Hazard
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It has also lagged RIM's RIM.TO Blackberry in tapping the corporate market.
Reuters
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You can create an event by tapping a date on the calendar.
Reuters
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Anduin heard it after a moment of straining- afainttapping and clanking.
World of warcraft: the shattering: prelude to cataclysm
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That's all for now,' concluded Wigg, tapping a key on her computer.
Think of a number
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Father often used to haggle the tree a good deal in tapping.
My Boyhood
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Tapping across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
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