Antonyms for tapped

Grammar : Verb

Spell : tap

Phonetic Transcription : tæp

Definition of tapped

Origin : "strike lightly," c.1200, from Old French taper "tap, rap, strike," from a Gallo-Romance or Germanic source ultimately imitative of the sound of rapping. Meaning "to designate for some duty or for membership" is recorded from 1952, from notion of a tap on the shoulder. Related: Tapped; tapping.

verb hit lightly
verb pierce to drain

Example sentences :

He accordingly approached our hero, and tapped him on the shoulder.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

She knew exactly what he meant by it and tapped back that she was ready.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

Hawkeye tapped him lightly on the shoulder, and glided ahead.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

He tapped his breast-pocket with a sneer of bucolic triumph.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

The cabby had a foot upon the step when Kirkwood tapped his shoulder.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Some streets away, I tapped at another parlour-door on another ground-floor.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

She tapped Tom's shoulder with her fan and smiled, graciously corrective.
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

Then he turned to White and tapped that soldier's arm emphatically.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

Presently the rod must have tapped the sill, with such a start did she face about.
Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable

A moment's hesitation, and he tapped resolutely on the pane with his finger tips.
Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold

Synonyms for tapped

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