Tapped vs Null - What's the difference?
tapped | null |
(tap)
A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.
A device used to dispense liquids.
Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
(mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
An interception of communication by authority.
To furnish with taps.
To draw off liquid from a vessel.
To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
To intercept a communication without authority.
(mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
To strike lightly.
To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
To make a sharp noise.
To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
(slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
(combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
(combat sports) To force (an opponent) to submit.
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To put a new sole or heel on.
A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
(computing) The act of touching a touch screen.
A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel; a heeltap.
(military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
Zero]] quantity of [[expression, expressions; nothing.
Something that has no force or meaning.
(computing) the ASCII or Unicode character (), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
(computing) the attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
One of the beads in nulled work.
(statistics) null hypothesis
Having no validity, "null and void"
insignificant
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absent or non-existent
(mathematics) of the null set
(mathematics) of or comprising a value of precisely zero
(genetics, of a mutation) causing a complete loss of gene function, amorphic.
As a verb tapped
is (tap).As a noun null is
zero, nil; the cardinal number before einn.tapped
English
Verb
(head)tap
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , from the noun.Noun
(en noun)- We don't have bottled water; you'll have to get it from the tap .
- a liquor of the same tap
- We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread.
- The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill-advised taps along its length.
Derived terms
* taproom * taproot * tap waterSynonyms
* (device to dispense liquid) faucet, handle, spigot, spoutVerb
(tapp)- He tapped a new barrel of beer.
- They can't tap the phone without a warrant.
- He was known to tap cable television
- Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole.
Derived terms
* on tap * on the tap * tap into * tapped outSynonyms
* (intercept communications) eavesdropEtymology 2
From (etyl) tappen, teppen, from (etyl) tapper, .Verb
(tapp)- He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table.
- She tapped her companion on the back to indicate that she was ready to go.
- Lydia tapped Jim on the shoulder to get his attention.
- The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane.
- I would tap that hot girl over there.
- I'd tap that.
Kimo 'Tapped Sakuraba", in alt.ufc, Usenet:
- Hard to believe , but 4 years can make a difference.
I 'Tapped Somebody!", in rec.martial-arts, Usenet:
- Just started bjj [= couple of months ago and i finally tapped' someone!!! WOOOHOO! The guy i ' tapped has been traiing a few more months than me, outweighs me by at least 30 pounds, and is in great shape from the army.
Re: UFC vs. Boxing", in rec.sport.boxing, Usenet:
- weighs and he still tapped Butterbean.
- to tap shoes
Synonyms
* (sense) hit, patter, pound, rap, strike * (to make a sharp noise) bang, ping, rap * (to submit to an opponent) tap out * (to force an opponent to submit) tap outNoun
(en noun)- (Addison)
- When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around.
- (Wilhelm)
Anagrams
* * * * ----null
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Francis Bacon)
- Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null .
Adjective
(en adjective)- In proportion as we descend the social scale our snobbishness fastens on to mere nothings which are perhaps no more null than the distinctions observed by the aristocracy, but, being more obscure, more peculiar to the individual, take us more by surprise.