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The Meaning of tap
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(v. t.) 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.
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(v. t.) To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
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(n.) A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
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(n.) A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
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(n.) 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.
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(v. i.) To strike a gentle blow.
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(n.) A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
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(n.) A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
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(n.) Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.
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(n.) A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
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(n.) 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.
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(v. t.) To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.
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(v. t.) Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.
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(v. t.) To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
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(v. t.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.
Synonyms
pat
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rap
,
rap
,
strike
,
water faucet
,
water tap
,
hydrant
,
spigot
,
wiretap
,
pat
,
dab
,
tip
,
exploit
,
wiretap
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intercept
,
bug
,
rap
,
knock
,
pink
,
tapdance
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solicit
,
beg
Homophones
tapp
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tappe
Rhymes
app
,
backslap
,
bootstrap
,
burlap
,
cap
,
capp
,
catnap
,
chap
,
chapp
,
clap
,
clapp
,
crap
,
dapp
,
entrap
,
flap
,
flytrap
,
frap
,
gap
,
giap
,
handicap
,
hap
,
happ
,
happe
,
hubcap
,
jap
,
kapp
,
kidnap
,
klapp
,
knapp
,
kneecap
,
krapp
,
lap
,
lapp
,
lappe
,
madcap
,
map
,
mishap
,
mousetrap
,
nap
,
napp
,
nappe
,
overlap
,
pap
,
papp
,
rap
,
rapp
,
rappe
,
recap
,
sap
,
sapp
,
schapp
,
schappe
,
schnapp
,
scrap
,
shapp
,
skycap
,
slap
,
snap
,
snapp
,
stapp
,
stopgap
,
strap
,
tapp
,
tappe
,
trap
,
unwrap
,
wiretap
,
wrap
,
yap
,
yapp
,
zap
,
zapp