tappingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈtapɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈtæpɪŋ/

Etymology: < tap v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of tap v.¹ in various senses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > [noun]

overdrawing1463

tapping1598

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > opening a cash or any reservoir

tapping1598

broaching1611

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 20 b/2 In the drawing or tappinge of the water.

1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick vii. v. 164 The Opening or Tapping for the Dropsie.

1722 W. Cheselden Anat. Humane Body (ed. 2) iii. x. 187 This kind of Dropsie is sometimes..cur'd by Tapping.

c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 410/2 They are..obtained from the tree.., by the process of ‘tapping’.

1905 H. D. Rolleston Dis. Liver 171 A woman..eventually died after her sixtieth tapping.

1909 Installation News II. 172/1 Alternating current..is carried into one side of the transformer giving 50 volts on the secondary at one tapping for lighting purposes, and three other tappings at 7, 12½ and 20 volts for cooking and heating.

b. concrete. That which is drawn by tapping, or runs from a tap; a means of tapping.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > types of liquid generally > liquid drawn from a source

tapping1598

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 53 b/1 His drinck, harshe and noughtye tappinges of wyne.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. i. 17 It smelt just like the soure tappings of dead beer in a Cellar.

1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 648 All wells and springs are tappings of these subterranean waters.

a. (In senses 2c, 3 of the verb.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > [noun] > diverting or intercepting

tapping1955

1931 T. Horsley Odyssey of Out-of-work xxiii. 243 You do the tapping; I'll wait for you at the gate.

1955 ‘E. Crispin’ Fen Country (1979) 54 A line from your special switchboard..could be made safe from tapping.

1966 Times 14 Nov. 10/6 Mr. Russell Kerr..is to ask the Home Secretary..on how many occasions warrants have been issued for the tapping of M.P.s' private telephones.

b. spec. in Electrical Engineering, an intermediate connection made in a winding.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > transformer > [noun] > conductor > within winding

tap1900

tapping1903

1903 K. Edgcombe Whittaker's Electr. Engineer's Pocket Bk. 244 The secondary of one of the transformers is wound to give a voltage equal to the required three-phase line-to-line voltage, and is divided into two equal parts by a middle tapping.

1934 Discovery Oct. 301/2 Twelve tappings are fitted to give an impedance range of 1·6 to 25,000 ohms.

1950 Engineering 22 Sept. 245/3 Tappings from the secondary and filament windings are connected to the electrodes.

1975 G. J. King Audio Handbk. iii. 71 A tapping on the resistive element facilitates coupling of the loudness filter.

Compounds

C1.

a. General attributive.

tapping-apparatus n. (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1877).

tapping-bar n. a sharp-pointed crowbar used in opening the tap-hole of a furnace.

tapping-clay n. plastic clay used to close a tapping-hole.

tapping-cock n. a cock having a taper stem, which allows it to be driven firmly into an opening.

tapping-drill n. a drill for boring holes in water-pipes.

tapping-gouge n. a gouge used in tapping the sugar-maple.

tapping-hole n. (a) a tap-hole in a furnace; (b) a hole drilled in metal to be tapped or furnished with an internal screw-thread.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > openings for metal or crucible

tympa1650

working arch1824

tap-hole1825

working door1839

tapping-hole1861

slag notch1882

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > hole to be tapped with screw-thread

tapping-hole1861

1861 W. Fairbairn Iron 133 The fire is to be carefully raked out at the tapping hole, which is again to be made good with loam.

1894 R. R. Bowker in Harper's Mag. Jan. 418 A channel known as the tapping-hole, taps the metal from the crucible.

tapping-iron n. = tapping-gouge n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > gouge to tap sugar-maple

tapping-iron1840

tapper1884

1840 P. H. Gosse Canad. Naturalist vi. 68 A semicircular incision is made [in the tree] with a large iron gouge, called a tapping iron.

tapping-machine n. (a) a machine for cutting internal screw-threads; (b) a machine for tapping water- or gas-mains, a tapping-drill.

tapping-pot n. a pot to receive liquid metal from the tap-hole.

tapping-tool n. (a) = tap n.¹ 4; (b) any implement for tapping the sugar-maple.

C2. (In sense 2b.)

tapping point n.

ΚΠ

1958 J. Shepherd et al. Higher Electr. Engin. xiv. 343 If..contact with position 2 is made before contact with position 1 is broken, the coils connected between these two tapping points are short-circuited, and will carry damagingly heavy currents.

tapping coil n. Electrical Engineering a coil which acts as a tapping.

ΚΠ

1933 P. Kemp Alternating Current Electr. Engin. (ed. 4) xiv. 188 In order to permit of a slight variation in the secondary terminal voltage, it is usual to provide a number of tapping coils in the L.T. winding.

1958 J. Shepherd et al. Higher Electr. Engin. xiv. 344 The tapping coils are placed physically in the centre of the transformer limb to avoid unbalanced axial forces acting on the coils.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tappingn.²

Etymology: < tap v.² + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtapping.

a. The action of tap v.²; the sound made by this action; †in Etching: see quot. 1688 (obsolete); also spec. tap-dancing. Also reduplicated, tap-tapping n. repeated or continued tapping.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [noun] > tap or pat

pat1582

tap1720

tapping1786

tap-tap1840

tip-tap1892

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > a slight or light blow > repeated

tapping1786

tip-tap1892

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > tap- or step-dancing > [noun]

treble1805

clog-dance1881

step-dancing1886

step-dance1887

sand-dancea1894

soft-shoe1900

sand-dancing1905

tap-dancing1928

tap-dance1929

tap1944

tapping1944

c1440 [implied in: Promptorium Parvulorum 487/1 Taspyn, palpo... Taspynge (K., P. tappynge), palpacio, palpitacio. (at tap v.² 1a)].

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 151/1 Tapping, is wip[ing] or sliding ones hand upon the Varnish to make it smooth and even on the Plate.

1786 F. Burney Diary 7 Nov. (1842) III. 215 I heard a tapping from a window upstairs.

1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 II. xvii. 321 I was informed that the tents were going to be struck immediately, and the tap-tapping of the kelassees confirmed the fact.

1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxxi Here a tapping all round the table greeted the orator.

1944 J. Johns A.B.C. Tap Dancing 2 ‘Tapping’ has few stable rules but limitless variations.

b. The soling or heeling of boots and shoes. dialect and U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > heeling or soling

soling1416

tapping1857

1857 J. Eadie Life J. Kitto ii. 32 Entries about list and leather, tapping and closing.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as tapping test.

ΚΠ

1895 Westm. Gaz. 17 Apr. 2/3 So the tapping test for railway carriage axles is a fraud.

C2.

tapping key n. = key n.¹ 20.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > circuit-breaker > [noun]

contact-breaker1838

cutout1874

safety fuse1882

break-circuita1884

fuse1884

contactor1910

oil circuit-breaker1916

tapping key1916

1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 173 These [orderlies]..brought them long screeds to be translated to the tapping keys.

1938 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 29 41 Two tapping keys..were placed below the handles.

tapping-room n. a room in which tapping or boot-soling, etc. is done.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > heeling or soling > room for

tapping-room1905

1905 Westm. Gaz. 21 Sept. 7/1 An adjoining factory used..as a tapping room.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	tapping
释义	tappingn.¹ Brit. /ˈtapɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtæpɪŋ/ Etymology: < tap v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of tap v.¹ in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > [noun] overdrawing1463 tapping1598 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > opening a cash or any reservoir tapping1598 broaching1611 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 20 b/2 In the drawing or tappinge of the water. 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick vii. v. 164 The Opening or Tapping for the Dropsie. 1722 W. Cheselden Anat. Humane Body (ed. 2) iii. x. 187 This kind of Dropsie is sometimes..cur'd by Tapping. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 410/2 They are..obtained from the tree.., by the process of ‘tapping’. 1905 H. D. Rolleston Dis. Liver 171 A woman..eventually died after her sixtieth tapping. 1909 Installation News II. 172/1 Alternating current..is carried into one side of the transformer giving 50 volts on the secondary at one tapping for lighting purposes, and three other tappings at 7, 12½ and 20 volts for cooking and heating. b. concrete. That which is drawn by tapping, or runs from a tap; a means of tapping. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > types of liquid generally > liquid drawn from a source tapping1598 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 53 b/1 His drinck, harshe and noughtye tappinges of wyne. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. i. 17 It smelt just like the soure tappings of dead beer in a Cellar. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 648 All wells and springs are tappings of these subterranean waters. 2. a. (In senses 2c, 3 of the verb.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > [noun] > diverting or intercepting tapping1955 1931 T. Horsley Odyssey of Out-of-work xxiii. 243 You do the tapping; I'll wait for you at the gate. 1955 ‘E. Crispin’ Fen Country (1979) 54 A line from your special switchboard..could be made safe from tapping. 1966 Times 14 Nov. 10/6 Mr. Russell Kerr..is to ask the Home Secretary..on how many occasions warrants have been issued for the tapping of M.P.s' private telephones. b. spec. in Electrical Engineering, an intermediate connection made in a winding. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > transformer > [noun] > conductor > within winding tap1900 tapping1903 1903 K. Edgcombe Whittaker's Electr. Engineer's Pocket Bk. 244 The secondary of one of the transformers is wound to give a voltage equal to the required three-phase line-to-line voltage, and is divided into two equal parts by a middle tapping. 1934 Discovery Oct. 301/2 Twelve tappings are fitted to give an impedance range of 1·6 to 25,000 ohms. 1950 Engineering 22 Sept. 245/3 Tappings from the secondary and filament windings are connected to the electrodes. 1975 G. J. King Audio Handbk. iii. 71 A tapping on the resistive element facilitates coupling of the loudness filter. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. tapping-apparatus n. (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1877). b. tapping-bar n. a sharp-pointed crowbar used in opening the tap-hole of a furnace. tapping-clay n. plastic clay used to close a tapping-hole. tapping-cock n. a cock having a taper stem, which allows it to be driven firmly into an opening. tapping-drill n. a drill for boring holes in water-pipes. tapping-gouge n. a gouge used in tapping the sugar-maple. tapping-hole n. (a) a tap-hole in a furnace; (b) a hole drilled in metal to be tapped or furnished with an internal screw-thread. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > openings for metal or crucible tympa1650 working arch1824 tap-hole1825 working door1839 tapping-hole1861 slag notch1882 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > hole to be tapped with screw-thread tapping-hole1861 1861 W. Fairbairn Iron 133 The fire is to be carefully raked out at the tapping hole, which is again to be made good with loam. 1894 R. R. Bowker in Harper's Mag. Jan. 418 A channel known as the tapping-hole, taps the metal from the crucible. tapping-iron n. = tapping-gouge n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > gouge to tap sugar-maple tapping-iron1840 tapper1884 1840 P. H. Gosse Canad. Naturalist vi. 68 A semicircular incision is made [in the tree] with a large iron gouge, called a tapping iron. tapping-machine n. (a) a machine for cutting internal screw-threads; (b) a machine for tapping water- or gas-mains, a tapping-drill. tapping-pot n. a pot to receive liquid metal from the tap-hole. tapping-tool n. (a) = tap n.¹ 4; (b) any implement for tapping the sugar-maple. C2. (In sense 2b.) a. tapping point n. ΚΠ 1958 J. Shepherd et al. Higher Electr. Engin. xiv. 343 If..contact with position 2 is made before contact with position 1 is broken, the coils connected between these two tapping points are short-circuited, and will carry damagingly heavy currents. b. tapping coil n. Electrical Engineering a coil which acts as a tapping. ΚΠ 1933 P. Kemp Alternating Current Electr. Engin. (ed. 4) xiv. 188 In order to permit of a slight variation in the secondary terminal voltage, it is usual to provide a number of tapping coils in the L.T. winding. 1958 J. Shepherd et al. Higher Electr. Engin. xiv. 344 The tapping coils are placed physically in the centre of the transformer limb to avoid unbalanced axial forces acting on the coils. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tappingn.² Etymology: < tap v.² + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtapping. a. The action of tap v.²; the sound made by this action; †in Etching: see quot. 1688 (obsolete); also spec. tap-dancing. Also reduplicated, tap-tapping n. repeated or continued tapping. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [noun] > tap or pat pat1582 tap1720 tapping1786 tap-tap1840 tip-tap1892 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > a slight or light blow > repeated tapping1786 tip-tap1892 society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > tap- or step-dancing > [noun] treble1805 clog-dance1881 step-dancing1886 step-dance1887 sand-dancea1894 soft-shoe1900 sand-dancing1905 tap-dancing1928 tap-dance1929 tap1944 tapping1944 c1440 [implied in: Promptorium Parvulorum 487/1 Taspyn, palpo... Taspynge (K., P. tappynge), palpacio, palpitacio. (at tap v.² 1a)]. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 151/1 Tapping, is wip[ing] or sliding ones hand upon the Varnish to make it smooth and even on the Plate. 1786 F. Burney Diary 7 Nov. (1842) III. 215 I heard a tapping from a window upstairs. 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 II. xvii. 321 I was informed that the tents were going to be struck immediately, and the tap-tapping of the kelassees confirmed the fact. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxxi Here a tapping all round the table greeted the orator. 1944 J. Johns A.B.C. Tap Dancing 2 ‘Tapping’ has few stable rules but limitless variations. b. The soling or heeling of boots and shoes. dialect and U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > heeling or soling soling1416 tapping1857 1857 J. Eadie Life J. Kitto ii. 32 Entries about list and leather, tapping and closing. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as tapping test. ΚΠ 1895 Westm. Gaz. 17 Apr. 2/3 So the tapping test for railway carriage axles is a fraud. C2. tapping key n. = key n.¹ 20. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > circuit-breaker > [noun] contact-breaker1838 cutout1874 safety fuse1882 break-circuita1884 fuse1884 contactor1910 oil circuit-breaker1916 tapping key1916 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 173 These [orderlies]..brought them long screeds to be translated to the tapping keys. 1938 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 29 41 Two tapping keys..were placed below the handles. tapping-room n. a room in which tapping or boot-soling, etc. is done. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > heeling or soling > room for tapping-room1905 1905 Westm. Gaz. 21 Sept. 7/1 An adjoining factory used..as a tapping room. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas ˈtapping ˈtapping adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [adjective] > lightly tapping1816 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 338 Here..the beating Hares [are said] to forme, the tapping Conies to sit. 1816 Sporting Mag. 47 177 The Oilman is a tapping and inoffensive hitter. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 240 Far and faint..whips resound..like a tapping-bird or the snapping of dried sticks. extracted from tapv.² < n.¹1598n.²c1440 as lemmas
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