tapping
Definitions
Noun
- The sound of light blow or knock
Verb
- Cut a female screw thread with a tap
- Draw from or dip into to get something
- Strike lightly
- Draw from; make good use of
- Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- Furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
- Make light, repeated taps on a surface
- Walk with a tapping sound
- Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
- Draw (liquor) from a tap
- Pierce in order to draw a liquid from
- Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
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Spelled Like
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Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "tapping".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tapping | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | wiretapping | 4 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "tapping".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | taking | 2 | 175 |
| 2 | trying | 2 | 163 |
| 3 | talking | 2 | 100 |
| 4 | turning | 2 | 75 |
| 5 | teaching | 2 | 67 |
| 6 | telling | 2 | 52 |
| 7 | staining | 2 | 37 |
| 8 | staring | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | stating | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | touching | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | stopping | 2 | 14 |
| 12 | timing | 2 | 11 |
| 13 | towering | 3 | 11 |
| 14 | attacking | 3 | 9 |
| 15 | steering | 2 | 9 |
| 16 | stepping | 2 | 9 |
| 17 | tearing | 2 | 9 |
| 18 | outgoing | 3 | 8 |
| 19 | sticking | 2 | 8 |
| 20 | sterling | 2 | 7 |
| 21 | touring | 2 | 7 |
| 22 | typing | 2 | 7 |
| 23 | attaining | 3 | 6 |
| 24 | stealing | 2 | 6 |
| 25 | stunning | 2 | 6 |
| 26 | tubing | 2 | 6 |
| 27 | steaming | 2 | 5 |
| 28 | tooling | 2 | 5 |
| 29 | tossing | 2 | 5 |
| 30 | stooping | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | storing | 2 | 4 |
| 32 | tiring | 2 | 4 |
| 33 | attaching | 3 | 3 |
| 34 | staging | 2 | 3 |
| 35 | stirling | 2 | 3 |
| 36 | teasing | 2 | 3 |
| 37 | tuning | 2 | 3 |
| 38 | outlying | 3 | 2 |
| 39 | stacking | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | stalking | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | stalling | 2 | 2 |
| 42 | starring | 2 | 2 |
| 43 | stinging | 2 | 2 |
| 44 | stuffing | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | tacking | 2 | 2 |
| 46 | topping | 2 | 2 |
| 47 | tucking | 2 | 2 |
| 48 | staffing | 2 | 1 |
| 49 | stocking | 2 | 1 |
| 50 | styling | 2 | 1 |
| 51 | tagging | 2 | 1 |
| 52 | taming | 2 | 1 |
| 53 | teaming | 2 | 1 |
| 54 | teeming | 2 | 1 |
| 55 | teething | 2 | 1 |
| 56 | terming | 2 | 1 |
| 57 | ticking | 2 | 1 |
| 58 | tilling | 2 | 1 |
| 59 | tipping | 2 | 1 |
| 60 | tugging | 2 | 1 |
| 61 | outdoing | 3 | 0 |
| 62 | outlawing | 3 | 0 |
| 63 | outweighing | 3 | 0 |
| 64 | stabbing | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | staking | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | stashing | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | staving | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | stehling | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | stelling | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | stemming | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | stitching | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | stoking | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | stoning | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | stowing | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | straying | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | tabbing | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | tailing | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | tanning | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | taping | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | tarring | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | teeling | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | tiding | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | tithing | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | toiling | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | tolling | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | toning | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | toting | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | touting | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | turing | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | tusing | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | tussing | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "tapping".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mapping | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | trappings | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | strapping | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | rapping | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | trapping | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | topping | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | lapping | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | tipping | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | sapping | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | napping | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | tappin | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | taping | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | zapping | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | wapping | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | tapings | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | tamping | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | capping | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | appling | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | taing | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | aping | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "tapping" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "tapping" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "tapping" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 13
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 91
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 2
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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