tap
tap is a 3-letter English word with 35 senses as transitive verb, noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
- noun. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
- noun. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
- noun. 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.
- intransitive verb. To strike a gentle blow.
- noun. A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
- noun. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
- noun. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.
- noun. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
- noun. 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.
- transitive verb. To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.
- transitive verb. Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.
- transitive verb. To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
- transitive verb. To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.
- noun. a light touch or stroke
- noun. the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
- 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. a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
- noun. the sound made by a gentle blow
- noun. a gentle blow
- verb. make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
"Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"
"My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"
- verb. draw from; make good use of
"we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"
- 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"
"tap a keg of beer"
- verb. draw (liquor) from a tap
"tap beer in a bar"
- 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. walk with a tapping sound
- verb. make light, repeated taps on a surface
"he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
- verb. 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?"
- verb. draw from or dip into to get something
"tap one's memory"
"tap a source of money"
- verb. furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
"tap a cask of wine"
Synonyms
dab, pat, wiretap, spigot, hydrant, rap, strike, beg, solicit, exploit, tip, tapdance, knock, pink, bug, intercept
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tap:
Common word forms
taps, taped, tapen, taper, tapes, taping, tapped, tapper, tapless, tapping
Words from these letters
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