A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.
A device used to dispense liquids.
Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
A die.)
A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
An interception of communication by authority.
A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls. from 20th c.
A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.
A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
tap dance
The act of touching a touch screen.
A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel; a heeltap.
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.
An Indian malarial fever.
To furnish with taps.
To draw off liquid from a vessel.
To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
To exploit.
To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection. from 19th c.
To intercept a communication without authority.
To cut an internal screw thread.
To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).
To cadge, borrow or beg.
To drain off fluid by paracentesis.
To strike lightly. from early 13th c.
To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
To make a sharp noise.
To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'. from mid-20th c.
To have sexual intercourse with.
To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
To force (an opponent) to submit.
To put a new sole or heel on.
