Definition of Tapped

1. Adjective. In a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug. "Latex from tapped rubber trees"

Similar to: Abroach, Broached
Antonyms: Untapped

Definition of Tapped

1. Verb. (past of tap) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tapped

1. tap [v] - See also: tap

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tapped

tapiser
tapisers
tapises
tapist
tapists
taplash
taplashes
tapless
taplitumomab
tapoa tafa
tapotement
tapotements
tappa
tappable
tappas
tapped (current term)
tapped out
tappee
tappees
tappen
tapper
tappers
tappester
tappet
tappet wrench
tappets
tappice
tappiced
tappices
tappicing

Literary usage of Tapped

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"Enlarged liver and spleen, ascites, several months duration ; tapped three ... Case of advanced cirrhosis, ascites, three years duration ; tapped three ..."

2. Machine Tool Operation by Henry D. Burghardt (1919)
"Length of tapped Hole.—Except for the purpose of holding the screw fixed, as in a tool post for example, it is unnecessary to have the tapped portion of a ..."

3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"6d. to Government for each tree tapped. Under the British system, the owner obtains a ... If tapped, it ceases to be productive much earlier. Wild Animals. ..."

4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1870)
"and that 135 patients, or nearly one-half, had never been tapped. ... In other words, the mere fact that a patient has or has not been tapped (so far as can ..."

5. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1866)
"The ' ' Jones " well, put down in the latter part of 1862, within 30 feet of the " Woodford," tapped the same vein, flowing 400 barrels per day. ..."

6. Machine Drawing: The Principles of Graphic Expression as Illustrated by by Gardner Chase Anthony (1910)
"The representation of tapped holes. When a tapped holes is dotted it may be ... 21 illustrates a tapped hole in section, and as these illustrations are ..."

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