noun
- plural of tapping; light knocking sounds or the action of making such sounds
- materials obtained by tapping, such as rubber from trees or metal shavings from machining
Usage: technical
Examples
- The mysterious tappings on the wall kept everyone awake.
- She heard soft tappings at her bedroom window.
- The metal tappings from the lathe were swept up at the end of the day.
- Rubber tappings are collected early in the morning when the latex flows best.
- The carpenter gathered the wood tappings to use as kindling.
- Strange tappings echoed through the old house at midnight.