Synonyms for tapped
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : tap |
| Phonetic Transcription : tæp |
Top 10 synonyms for tapped Other synonyms for the word tapped
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for tapped
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