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▸ noun: a light touch or stroke
▸ noun: a plug for a bunghole in a cask
▸ noun: a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
▸ noun: a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
▸ noun: the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
▸ noun: a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
▸ noun: the sound made by a gentle blow
▸ noun: a gentle blow
▸ verb: make light, repeated taps on a surface ("He was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently")
▸ verb: draw from or dip into to get something ("Tap one's memory")
▸ verb: furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it ("Tap a cask of wine")
▸ verb: strike lightly ("He tapped me on the shoulder")
▸ verb: cut a female screw thread with a tap
▸ verb: pierce in order to draw a liquid from ("Tap a maple tree for its syrup")
▸ verb: draw (liquor) from a tap ("Tap beer in a bar")
▸ verb: walk with a tapping sound
▸ verb: tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information ("The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy")
▸ verb: draw from; make good use of
▸ 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")
▸ verb: make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
▸ Also see taps
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to tap
▸ Usage examples for tap
▸ Idioms related to tap (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing tap
▸ Words that often appear near tap
▸ Rhymes of tap
▸ Invented words related to tap
▸ noun: a light touch or stroke
▸ noun: a plug for a bunghole in a cask
▸ noun: a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
▸ noun: a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
▸ noun: the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
▸ noun: a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
▸ noun: the sound made by a gentle blow
▸ noun: a gentle blow
▸ verb: make light, repeated taps on a surface ("He was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently")
▸ verb: draw from or dip into to get something ("Tap one's memory")
▸ verb: furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it ("Tap a cask of wine")
▸ verb: strike lightly ("He tapped me on the shoulder")
▸ verb: cut a female screw thread with a tap
▸ verb: pierce in order to draw a liquid from ("Tap a maple tree for its syrup")
▸ verb: draw (liquor) from a tap ("Tap beer in a bar")
▸ verb: walk with a tapping sound
▸ verb: tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information ("The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy")
▸ verb: draw from; make good use of
▸ 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")
▸ verb: make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
▸ Also see taps
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to tap
▸ Usage examples for tap
▸ Idioms related to tap (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing tap
▸ Words that often appear near tap
▸ Rhymes of tap
▸ Invented words related to tap