TAP

tap, pat, dab

(noun) a light touch or stroke

wiretap, tap

(noun) the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information

tap, spigot

(noun) a plug for a bunghole in a cask

tap

(noun) a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads

tap

(noun) a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)

pat, rap, tap

(noun) the sound made by a gentle blow

rap, strike, tap

(noun) a gentle blow

solicit, beg, tap

(verb) make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; “Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce”; “My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities”

exploit, tap

(verb) draw from; make good use of; “we must exploit the resources we are given wisely”

tap, tip

(verb) strike lightly; “He tapped me on the shoulder”

tap

(verb) cut a female screw thread with a tap

tap

(verb) pierce in order to draw a liquid from; “tap a maple tree for its syrup”; “tap a keg of beer”

tap

(verb) draw (liquor) from a tap; “tap beer in a bar”

tapdance, tap

(verb) dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes; “Glover tapdances better than anybody”

tap

(verb) walk with a tapping sound

tap, rap, knock, pink

(verb) make light, repeated taps on a surface; “he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently”

wiretap, tap, intercept, bug

(verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; “The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy”; “Is this hotel room bugged?”

tap

(verb) draw from or dip into to get something; “tap one’s memory”; “tap a source of money”

tap

(verb) furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it; “tap a cask of wine”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

tap (plural taps)

A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.

Synonym: spigot

A device used to dispense liquids.

Synonyms: faucet, handle, spigot, spout

Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.

A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.

Synonyms: taproom, 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.

A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls. [from 20th c.]

(medicine, informal) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.

Synonym: paracentesis

Verb

tap (third-person singular simple present taps, present participle tapping, simple past and past participle tapped)

To furnish with taps.

To draw off liquid from a vessel.

To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.

To exploit.

To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection. [from 19th c.]

To intercept a communication without authority.

Synonym: eavesdrop

(mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.

(card games, board games) To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).

(informal) To cadge, borrow or beg.

(medicine, informal) To drain off fluid by paracentesis.

To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.

Etymology 2

Verb

tap (third-person singular simple present taps, present participle tapping, simple past and past participle tapped)

To strike lightly. [from early 13th c.]

To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.

Synonyms: hit, patter, pound, rap, strike, Thesaurus:hit

To make a sharp noise.

Synonyms: hit, bang, ping, rap

(graphical user interface) To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.

Coordinate term: click

To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'. [from mid-20th c.]

(slang, vulgar, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.

Synonyms: go to bed with, hit, sleep with, wap, Thesaurus:copulate with

(combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.

Synonym: tap out

(combat sports, transitive) To force (an opponent) to submit.

Synonym: tap out

To put a new sole or heel on.

Noun

tap (plural taps)

A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.

(dance) Ellipsis of tap dance.

(computing, graphical user interface) The act of touching a touch screen.

Coordinate term: click

A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.

Synonym: 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.

(phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.

Synonym: flap

Etymology 3

Noun

tap

An Indian malarial fever.

Anagrams

• APT, ATP, PAT, PTA, Pat, TPA, ap't, apt, apt., pat

Noun

TAP (countable and uncountable, plural TAPs)

Initialism of talk aloud protocol.

Initialism of think aloud protocol.

(advertising) Initialism of total audience package: an offering that includes ads broadcast during every part of the schedule.

Proper noun

TAP

(software) Initialism of The Ada Project.

Anagrams

• APT, ATP, PAT, PTA, Pat, TPA, ap't, apt, apt., pat

Source: Wiktionary

Tap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tapping.] Etym: [F. taper to strike; of Teutonic origin; cf. dial. G. tapp, tapps, a blow, tappe a paw, fist, G. tappen to grope.]

1. To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

2. To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.

Tap, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tape. See Tap to strike.]

1. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. Addison.

2. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.

3. pl. (Mil.)

Definition: 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. Wilhelm.

Tap, v. i.

Definition: To strike a gentle blow.

Tap, n. Etym: [AS. tæppa, akin to D. tap, G. zapfen, OHG. zapfo, Dan. tap, Sw. tapp, Icel. tappi. Cf. Tampion, Tip.]

1. A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.

2. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.

3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. [Colloq.]

4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar. [Colloq.]

5. (Mech.)

Definition: A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges. On tap. (a) Ready to be drawn; as, ale on tap. (b) Broached, or furnished with a tap; as, a barrel on tap.

– Plug tap (Mech.), a screw-cutting tap with a slightly tapering end.

– Tap bolt, a bolt with a head on one end and a thread on the other end, to be screwed into some fixed part, instead of passing through the part and receiving a nut. See Illust. under Bolt.

– Tap cinder (Metal.), the slag of a puddling furnace.

Tap, v. t.

1. To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.

2. Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.

3. To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing. Shak. He has been tapping his liquors. Addison.

4. (Mech.)

Definition: To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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