tap

Definitions

1. 1transitive 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.

2. 2transitive verb

   To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.

3. 3noun

   A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.

4. 4noun

   A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.

5. 5noun

   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.

6. 6intransitive verb

   To strike a gentle blow.

7. 7noun

   A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.

8. 8noun

   A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.

9. 9noun

   Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.

10. 10noun

    A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.

11. 11noun

    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.

12. 12transitive verb

    To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.

13. 13transitive 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.

14. 14transitive verb

    To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.

15. 15transitive verb

    To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.

16. 16noun

    a light touch or stroke

    Synonyms

    dabpat
17. 17noun

    the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information

    Synonyms

    wiretap
18. 18noun

    a plug for a bunghole in a cask

    Synonyms

    spigot
19. 19noun

    a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads

20. 20noun

    a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)

21. 21noun

    a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask

    Synonyms

    hydrant
22. 22noun

    the sound made by a gentle blow

    Synonyms

    patrap
23. 23noun

    a gentle blow

    Synonyms

    rapstrike
24. 24verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    begsolicit
25. 25verb

    draw from; make good use of

    "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"

    Synonyms

    exploit
26. 26verb

    strike lightly

    "He tapped me on the shoulder"

    Synonyms

    tip
27. 27verb

    cut a female screw thread with a tap

28. 28verb

    pierce in order to draw a liquid from

    "tap a maple tree for its syrup"

    "tap a keg of beer"

29. 29verb

    draw (liquor) from a tap

    "tap beer in a bar"

30. 30verb

    dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes

    "Glover tapdances better than anybody"

31. 31verb

    walk with a tapping sound

32. 32verb

    make light, repeated taps on a surface

    "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"

    Synonyms

    knockpinkrap
33. 33verb

    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?"

    Synonyms

    buginterceptwiretap
34. 34verb

    draw from or dip into to get something

    "tap one's memory"

    "tap a source of money"

35. 35verb

    furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it

    "tap a cask of wine"