how to pronounce tapping

/ˈtæpɪŋ/

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tapping is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of tapping in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… photographic prints tapping into an …”

meanings of tapping

noun:

A connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.
An act of making a light hit or strike against something.
A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard.
The process by which a resource is tapped or exploited.

verb:

Present participle of tap.

tapping frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word tapping occurs in english on average 5.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics tapping can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that tapping can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;