tapped

verbhit lightly

verbpierce to drain

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verb hit lightly

Antonyms for tapped

lose

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helpless

adjective. incapable, incompetent; vulnerable

Word Origin & History

"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.

Example Sentences for tapped

He accordingly approached our hero, and tapped him on the shoulder.

She knew exactly what he meant by it and tapped back that she was ready.

Hawkeye tapped him lightly on the shoulder, and glided ahead.

He tapped his breast-pocket with a sneer of bucolic triumph.

The cabby had a foot upon the step when Kirkwood tapped his shoulder.

Some streets away, I tapped at another parlour-door on another ground-floor.

She tapped Tom's shoulder with her fan and smiled, graciously corrective.

Then he turned to White and tapped that soldier's arm emphatically.

Presently the rod must have tapped the sill, with such a start did she face about.

A moment's hesitation, and he tapped resolutely on the pane with his finger tips.

tapped

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helpless

punched

wired

tapped

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punched

wired

Synonyms for tapped

helpless