Finger Tapping

Or just known as tapping, is a guitar technique popularized, but not invented, by Eddie Van Halen and is usually used in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. This technique easy to some extent and beginners often use it to impress other people since it is so easy yet so hard-looking. This technique is essentially hammering-on and pulling-off through use of both hands, tapping can range from 2 fingers (Surfing With The Alien) all the way to 10 fingers (Buckethead live). The first song to use tapping that I know of is Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC in 1976, even though Angus Young doesn't tap it live, he originally tapped the solo in the studio to make it a lot easier to play correctly without a lot of extra string noise, but over the years he definitely mastered it with just hammer-ons and pull-offs. Others have claimed that 50's blues and jazz musicians have used tapping as well.

Holy shit! Look at Joe! He's tapping so fast you can't even see his fingers! Finger tapping looks so cool!

by SGROCKS October 11, 2009

Taking Back Sunday

An awesome awesome awesome band from Long Island, New York... also some good friends of mine.

I've seen Taking Back Sunday five times.

by Midge November 5, 2004

taking the piss

Making fun of someone, without intending to cause serious offence. Also known as 'pulling the piss'.

Ted: You suck at life.
Jimmy: Screw you!
Ted: Relax, I was just taking the piss.

by Gwai April 18, 2006

Taking Back Sunday

a band who created their own genre of music, despite their label of emo. The painfully origional lyrics, and catchy guitar riffs make them hard not to love. Adams vocals rip through you like a crying orphan. They have an amazing stage presence and give all their energy into their shows.
taking back sunday is love.

Taking back sunday - your own disaster... "hey lush.. have fun.. its the weekend"

by bldstndgrafiti April 12, 2006

taking the high road

an idiom meaning to ignore idiots that run their mouths as you walk away

'taking the high road' examples are:

example1
idiot1: YOU SUCK YOU DIRTY WHORE!

mature girl: whatever *yawns*

example 2
idiot2: DO SOMETHING YOU PUSSY BITCH!

mature guy: i dont take orders from morons

by gargafrakmon August 23, 2007

Taking Dick Modifier

This is the one of the key factors in finding a girl's hotness on the 1 to 10 scale. Normally, women are rated solely based off boobs, ass, face, etc...However, one of the most overlooked feature is the taking dick modifier, or TDM.

To determine a girl's TDM, one must talk to said female, stalk the shit out of her on facebook, analyze the way she struts, or figure something about her ability to, or lack thereof, wield a penis.

TDM's only apply to girls you would be willing to fuck. So, if there is a female that loves to gobble cock but is an absolute ogre at the same time, the TDM does not apply. At the same time, smoke-shows who avoid penis like it's the The Plague have a negative TDM which subtracts from her final 1 to 10 ranking. Therefore if a girl rated 6 has a TDM of +2, her ranking is boosted to 8. This means a male might find better luck hitting on the 6(2+) chick than hitting on the 10(-4) girl. Under this system, the hook-up culture is totally revolutionized.

Dude 1: Hey do you wanna go somewhere alone??

Hot Girl 1: Oh no I don't like getting into those situations. I gotta go home with my friends.

**Hot Girl leaves**

Dude 2: Bro!! That girl was a smoke-show! You get with her??

Dude 1: Fuck her dude! She was like a legit 9 but her Taking Dick Modifier was like -4.

by genghis khan swaggggg October 10, 2011

tamping

To bury an explosive device underground so it deals more damage to the surrounding area. Commonly used in strip mining.

Equated to letting off a firecracker in your closed fist as opposed to your open palm.

Tamping--Mines are considered tamped in the ground so the they inflict maximum damage.

by Jeff Met August 1, 2006