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Tap

noun
1.
The sound made by a gentle blow.  Synonyms: pat, rap.
2.
A gentle blow.  Synonyms: rap, strike.
3.
A faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask.  Synonyms: hydrant, water faucet, water tap.
4.
A small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing).
5.
A tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads.
6.
A plug for a bunghole in a cask.  Synonym: spigot.
7.
The act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information.  Synonym: wiretap.
8.
A light touch or stroke.  Synonyms: dab, pat.
verb
(past & past part. tapped; pres. part. tapping)
1.
Cut a female screw thread with a tap.
2.
Draw from or dip into to get something.  "Tap a source of money"
3.
Strike lightly.  Synonym: tip.
4.
Draw from; make good use of.  Synonym: exploit.
5.
Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information.  Synonyms: bug, intercept, wiretap.  "Is this hotel room bugged?"
6.
Furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it.
7.
Make light, repeated taps on a surface.  Synonyms: knock, pink, rap.
8.
Walk with a tapping sound.
9.
Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes.  Synonym: tapdance.
10.
Draw (liquor) from a tap.
11.
Pierce in order to draw a liquid from.  "Tap a keg of beer"
12.
Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently.  Synonyms: beg, solicit.  "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"



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"Tap" Quotes from Famous Books



... out of breath and almost choked with emotion. The long expected day had arrived. Serge was coming back to her. She went on, and as she reached the door of the stair leading to her mother's rooms, she heard a light tap ...
— Serge Panine, Complete • Georges Ohnet

... Market Street in San Francisco. It stood on the west side of the street. As you entered, the bar was on the left. On the right, against the wall, was the free lunch counter. It was a long, narrow room, and at the rear, beyond the beer kegs on tap, were small, round tables and chairs. The barkeeper was blue-eyed, and had fair, silky hair peeping out from under a black silk skull-cap. I remember he wore a brown Cardigan jacket, and I know precisely the spot, in the ...
— John Barleycorn • Jack London

... occurred to Triffitt that here was an easy way of making a call upon your next door neighbour; instead of crossing the corridor and knocking at his door, you had nothing to do but walk along the balcony and tap at his window. Filled with this thought Triffitt immediately stepped out on his balcony and inspected the windows of his own and the next flat. He immediately saw something which filled him with a great idea. Both windows were fitted with patent ventilators, let into the top ...
— The Herapath Property • J. S. Fletcher

... was able to tap that vast, hidden and unsung reservoir of knowledge which is the epitome of all that the human mind has grasped and which, though flowing through the subconscious mind of all, is available in its entirety to but few—and then in all too ...
— Heart and Soul • Victor Mapes (AKA Maveric Post)

... the kitchen and, making a light, washed up at the tap, then foraged for breakfast. Persistence turned up a spirit-stove, a half-bottle of methylated, a packet of tea, a tin or two of biscuit, as many more of potted meats: left-overs from the artist's stock, dismally scant and uninviting in array. With these he made the discovery ...
— The Lone Wolf - A Melodrama • Louis Joseph Vance


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