Definition of
Tap
- (noun, act) a light touch or stroke
- (noun, act) the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
- (noun, artifact) a plug for a bunghole in a cask
- (noun, artifact) a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
- (noun, artifact) a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
- (noun, artifact) a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
- (noun, event) the sound made by a gentle blow
- (noun, event) a gentle blow
- (verb, communication) make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities - (verb, consumption) draw from; make good use of
- (verb, contact) strike lightly
- (verb, contact) cut a female screw thread with a tap
- (verb, contact) pierce in order to draw a liquid from
tap a keg of beer - (verb, motion) draw (liquor) from a tap
- (verb, motion) dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
- (verb, motion) walk with a tapping sound
- (verb, perception) make light, repeated taps on a surface
- (verb, perception) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
Is this hotel room bugged? - (verb, possession) draw from or dip into to get something
tap a source of money - (verb, possession) furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
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Synonyms of Tap
beg, bug, dab, exploit, hydrant, intercept, knock, pat, pink, rap, solicit, spigot, strike, tapdance, tip, water faucet, water tap, wiretap
Alternate forms of Tap
Derivations: tap, tapper, tapping, tapster
Hyponyms: buttonhole, canvas, canvass, commercialize, harness, lobby, maximise, maximize, milk, mine, overexploit, percuss, pitter-patter, quarry, quest
Hypernyms: apply, bespeak, blow, bump, call for, cut, dance, draw, draw off, eavesdrop, employ, faucet, furnish, go, investigating, investigation, listen in, pierce, plate, plug, plumbing fixture, provide, quest, render, request, sound, spigot, stopper, stopple, strike, supply, take out, tool, touch, touching, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, use, utilise, utilize, walk, withdraw
Origin of the word Tap
- "strike lightly," early 13c., from O.Fr. taper "tap, rap, strike," from a Gallo-Romance or Germanic source ultimately imitative of the sound of rapping. Meaning "to designate for some duty or for membership" is recorded from 1952, from notion of a tap on the shoulder. The noun is attested from c.1300. Tap dancer first recorded 1927, from tap (n.) in the sen… more
- "stopper, faucet," O.E. t?ppa, from P.Gmc. *tappon (cf. M.Du. tappe, Du. tap, O.H.G. zapfo, Ger. zapfen). Originally a tapering cylindrical peg (hence taproot). Meaning "device to listen in secretly on telephone calls" is from 1923, from the verb in this sense, originally (1869) with reference to telegraph wires. Phrase on tap… more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Tap
t.b., tab, tabby, tabi, taboo, tabu, taffy, taif, taipeh, taipei, tap-off, tapa, tape, taphephobia, tappa, taupe, tb, teddy boy, tee off, tee up, teeoff, teepee, teff, tepee, thb, thebe, theta wave, thief, thieve, thiotepa, tib, tibia, tidy up, tie up, tie-up, tied up, tiff, tip
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