taps, lights-out
(noun) (military) signal to turn the lights out
Source: WordNet® 3.1
TAPs
plural of TAP
• APTS, APTs, ATSP, PATs, PSAT, PTAs, PTSA, TPAs, ap'ts, apts, past, pats, spat, stap
taps
plural of tap
taps
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tap
• APTS, APTs, ATSP, PATs, PSAT, PTAs, PTSA, TPAs, ap'ts, apts, past, pats, spat, stap
Disputed.
Taps
A bugle call played by the United States Armed Forces at dusk, during flag ceremonies, and at military funerals.
• (song): last post (British and Canadian)
• APTS, APTs, ATSP, PATs, PSAT, PTAs, PTSA, TPAs, ap'ts, apts, past, pats, spat, stap
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
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
