tap
/tæp/ noun A2- A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
- An object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1, noun sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).
- A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe. · We don’t have bottled water; you’ll have to get it from the tap.· Is the tap water here safe to drink?
- A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis. · abdominal tap pleural tap spinal tap
- Liquor drawn through a tap (etymology 1, noun sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing. · a liquor of the same tap
- A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications.
- A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication. · telephone tap
- A situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions. · bond tap tap issue
Plural taps
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- tap in To kick a simple shot, without opposition, from close ran...
- tap into To establish a connection with (something), especially in...
- tap off To remove liquid or other particles from a furnace, keg, ...
- tap on To strike an object or a person lightly and swiftly.
- tap out To produce (a message, rhythm, or other thing) by tapping.
From the library
This door was a mockery to the concierge, from whose vigilance and jurisdiction it was free, and, like that famous portal in the Arabian Nights, opening at the “Sesame” of Ali Baba, it was wont to swing backward at a cabalistic word or a concerted tap from without from the sweetest voices or whitest fingers in the world.
The blunt accusation, the brutal tap upon the shoulder—what can one make of such a denouement?
It came slowly along the passage, and there was a feeble tap at the door.
Neither of them had time to speak, however, before there was a tap at the door, and the spokesman of the street Arabs, young Wiggins, introduced his insignificant and unsavoury person.
Other matches
- tap To furnish B2
- tap To strike C2
- tap A light blow or strike with a clear sound C2
- tap A malarial fever. C2
- tap in To kick a simple shot, without opposition, from...
- tap into To establish a connection with
- tap off To remove liquid or other particles from a furn...
- tap on To strike an object or a person lightly and swi...
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