About The Word Tap
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Tap Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Tap?
[n] a light touch or stroke
[n] a plug for a bunghole in a cask [n] a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads [n] a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing) [n] a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask [n] the sound made by a gentle blow [n] a gentle blow [v] make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solcited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities" [v] draw from; make good use of (resources) [v] strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder" [v] cut a female screw thread with a tap [v] pierce in order to draw a liquid from; "tap a maple tree for its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer" [v] draw (liquor) from a tap; "tap beer in a bar" [v] dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes; "Glover tapdances better than anybody" [v] walk with a tapping sound [v] make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" [v] 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?" [v] draw from or dip into to get something; "tap one's memory"; "tap a source of money" [v] furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it; "tap a cask of wine" Synonyms | Synonyms for Tap: beg | bug | dab | exploit | hydrant | intercept | knock | pat | pat | pink | rap | rap | solicit | spigot | strike | tapdance | water faucet | water tap | wiretap Related Terms | Find terms related to Tap: See Also | apply | barrel | bespeak | blow | bump | buttonhole | call for | canvas | canvass | cask | commercialize | cut | dance | draw | draw | draw off | eavesdrop | employ | faucet | furnish | go | listen in | lobby | maximise | maximize | milk | mine | overexploit | percuss | pierce | pitter-patter | plate | plug | plumbing fixture | provide | quarry | quest | render | request | sound | sound | stopper | stopple | strike | supply | take out | take out | tool | touch | touching | trip the light fantastic | trip the light fantastic toe | use | utilise | utilize | walk | withdraw Tap In Webster's Dictionary \Tap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tapping}.] [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. [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.) 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. To strike a gentle blow. \Tap\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppa, 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.) 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.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut. |
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