tap
tap
- n the sound made by a gentle blow
- n a gentle blow
- n a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
- n a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
- n a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
- n a plug for a bunghole in a cask
- n the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
- n a light touch or stroke
- v cut a female screw thread with a tap
- v draw from or dip into to get something
tap one's memory
tap a source of money - v strike lightly
He tapped me on the shoulder - v draw from; make good use of
- v tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy - v furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
tap a cask of wine - v make light, repeated taps on a surface
he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently - v walk with a tapping sound
- 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 draw (liquor) from a tap
tap beer in a bar - v pierce in order to draw a liquid from
tap a maple tree for its syrup
tap a keg of beer - v make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- It runs on hydrogen extracted from plain tap water using the solar-powered Hydrogen Station, below, and can travel more than 300 ft.
- The Lotus Sanitizing System turns ordinary tap water into superoxygenated water that kills microbes and removes toxins.
- Besides following them, bugging them, wiretapping them and digging through their trash, the FBI got the goods on the alleged CIA mole and his wife by conducting.