finger tapping

On the guitar, finger tapping is the act of plucking a string with your right hand middle finger (the most common "tapping finger"), either open or fretted, and then hammering on the fretboard with the same finger. Usually you will do hammer-ons/pull-offs with your left hand in between the time that your right hand is tapping.

Tapping can be very simple, e.g. 2 finger tapping where you are simply playing a fast trill (like Toccata and Feuge in D Minor), or it can be very complicated like Buckethead's 10 finger tapping.

Many people claim that Eddie Van Halen invented multiple finger tapping, others say it was Billy Sheehan or Randy Rhoads, etc. But it was definitely Van Halen who brought it to the main stream audience in the 80's.

Finger tapping can add a lot to a guitar solo.

by bryan18 September 17, 2005

Tappable

A gurl/guy who is good enough to tap (have sex with)

Damn! He's Tappable!

by Savannah March 17, 2003

tapped

an expression used to describe strange or stupid behaviour or experiences

"When I was trippin' last night, I saw a wheelchair flying through the sky"
"You're tapped mate"

by stubbs May 4, 2003

tapping a vein

Injecting drugs into your bloodstream. Usually done by only the most hardcore addicts, as it results in the quickest high.

"I know this junkie that got HIV, from tapping a vein."

by D. Gould February 14, 2006

Tappuccino

An instant coffee made directly out of the hot tap, usually when one doesn't have the time to justify making a proper coffee, and will therefore cope with a luke warm coffee substitute.

Coffee?

We've probably only got time to grab a swift Tappuccino before heading back to work.

by purplewax April 26, 2010

Brake-tapper

The brake-tapper is a particularly aggressive and/or fast driver who comes barreling up to the car ahead of him/her and tail gates at such a close proximity that he/she ends up tapping the brakes to avoid rear-ending the poor schlub in front. This usually goes on until one party turns.
Followers behind the brake-tapper should take note that just because he/she is hitting his/her brakes, those at a safe distance don't necessarily even need to brake themselves. It is especially annoying and careful attention is imperative.

You: What the damn, why are we braking?
Me: We aren't. That guy in front of us is just a basement-dwelling neckbearded brake-tapper.

by ExternalAcousticMeatus September 16, 2011

tapping guts

The act of repeatedly hitting the top of the vaginal canal with your big dick.

Person 1: So did you fuck your new girlfriend last night?

Person 2: Dude, her pussy was so tight and my dick is so big I was tapping guts!

by The_Fat_Man197 September 12, 2009