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tap

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A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.

Examples :

"The winemaker used a tap to seal the vent in the oak cask. "

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A device used to dispense liquids.

Examples :

"The water tap in the kitchen is dripping. "

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

Examples :

"a liquor of the same tap"

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A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.

Examples :

"After soccer practice, the boys went to the neighborhood tap for a beer. "

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A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)

Examples :

"The machinist used a tap to create the internal threads on the bolt. "

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A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.

Examples :

"The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill-advised taps along its length."

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An interception of communication by authority.

Examples :

"The school's new communication system has a tap, allowing the principal to monitor student emails. "

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A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.

Examples :

"The detective used a tap to listen to the suspect's phone calls. "

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A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.

Examples :

"abdominal tap"

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To furnish with taps.

Examples :

"If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!"

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To draw off liquid from a vessel.

Examples :

"He tapped a new barrel of beer."

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To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.

Examples :

"The students tapped the juice box until it was empty. "

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Examples :

"Businesses are trying to tap the youth market."

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To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.

Examples :

"The detective tapped the phone line to listen in on the suspect's calls. "

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To intercept a communication without authority.

Examples :

"He was known to tap cable television."

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To cut an internal screw thread.

Examples :

"Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole."

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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).

Examples :

"The student tapped the flashcard to mark it as learned. "

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To cadge, borrow or beg.

Examples :

"My friend often taps his parents for money to go out with his friends. "

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To drain off fluid by paracentesis.

Examples :

"The doctor tapped the patient's abdomen to drain excess fluid. "

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To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.

Examples :

"Trump interviewed Mueller for FBI job day before he was tapped for special counsel."

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

Examples :

"When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around."

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The act of touching a touch screen.

Examples :

"My sister made a quick tap on the tablet's screen to answer the question. "

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

Examples :

"The cobbler carefully attached the tap to the worn-out heel of the shoe. "

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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.

Examples :

"The tap was sounded at 9:45 PM, signaling that it was time for everyone to turn off the lights and go to bed. "

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A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.

Examples :

"The tap at the beginning of the word "better" is a single, quick consonant sound. "

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To strike lightly.

Examples :

"She tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention."

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To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.

Examples :

"He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table."

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To make a sharp noise.

Examples :

"The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane."

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To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.

Examples :

"To get to the next slide, tap the screen on the bottom right. "

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To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.

Examples :

"The teacher tapped Sarah on the shoulder to ask her to lead the class discussion. "

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To have sexual intercourse with.

Examples :

"I would tap that hot girl over there."

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To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.

Examples :

"The chess player tapped to signal defeat. "

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To force (an opponent) to submit.

Examples :

"The bully tried to tap the younger student into submission by threatening to beat him up. "

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To put a new sole or heel on.

Examples :

"to tap shoes"

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A rhythmic dance in which the heels and toes of the dancer's shoes make a series of clicks

Examples :

"The tap dancer practiced her intricate tap routine before the school talent show. "

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An Indian malarial fever.

Examples :

"The doctor diagnosed her illness as a tap. "

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