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tapping
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æp??
Noun
tapping (plural tappings)
- An act of making a light hit or strike against something.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 20
- As he was speaking there was a soft tapping at the door. I went over and opened it […]
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 20
- (music) A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard
- The process by which a resource is tapped or exploited.
- 1938, Paul Burke Jacobs, Harry Paul Newton, Motor Fuels from Farm Products (page 99)
- Competitive tappings of a common oil pool can lead only to waste and overproduction, unless rigidly regulated […]
- 1938, Paul Burke Jacobs, Harry Paul Newton, Motor Fuels from Farm Products (page 99)
- (electrical engineering) A connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.
Verb
tapping
- present participle of tap
References
- “tapping”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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restless
English
Etymology
From Middle English restles, restelees, from Old English restl?as (“restless; disturbed”), equivalent to rest +? -less.
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?st?l?s, IPA(key): /???stl?s/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /???stl?s/
- Hyphenation: rest?less
Adjective
restless (comparative more restless, superlative most restless)
- Not allowing or affording rest.
- The night before his wedding was a restless one.
- Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.
- He was a restless child.
- She sat, restless and nervous, and tried to concentrate.
- Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented.
- A restless ambition.
- Deprived of rest or sleep.
- They remained restless, sitting by the window the entire night.
Synonyms
- antsy
Derived terms
- restless legs syndrome
- restlessly
- restlessness
- the natives are restless
Translations
References
- restless in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- restless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Further reading
- restless on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Tesslers, tressels
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