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   tap

   /tap/

   noun

   • 1. a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled: "she turned the cold tap on" Similar valvespoutstopcockcockspilefaucetspigot
   • ▪ an electrical connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component. British
   • 2. a device connected to a telephone used for listening secretly to someone's conversations: "those taps produced hundreds of hours of recordings" Similar listening devicewiretapwirebugbugging devicehidden microphonereceiver
   • ▪ an act of listening secretly to someone's telephone conversation.
   • 3. an instrument for cutting a threaded hole in a material.
   • 4. a taproom. British

   verb

   • 1. draw liquid through the tap or spout of (a cask, barrel, or other container): "bragging of tests they had aced and kegs they had tapped" Similar draw liquid fromdrainbleedmilkbroachopenpiercepuncture
   • ▪ draw (liquid) from a cask, barrel, or other container: "the butlers were tapping new ale" Similar pour (out)draw offsiphon offpump outdecantextractwithdrawremove
   • ▪ draw sap from (a tree) by cutting into it.
   • 2. exploit or draw a supply from (a resource): "clients from industry seeking to tap Philadelphia's resources of expertise" Similar draw onexploitmilkmake use ofput to useuseutilizeopen upmineturn to account
   • ▪ obtain money or information from (someone): informal "he considered whom he could tap for information"
   • 3. connect a device to (a telephone) so that conversation can be listened to secretly: "the telephones were tapped by the state security police" Similar listen in on/towiretapeavesdrop onspy onmonitoroverhearinformal:bugsnoop onget on record
   • 4. cut a thread in (something) to accept a screw: "on most vices, the metal jaws are drilled and tapped to accept screws"

   Word Origin Old Englishtæppa ‘peg for the vent-hole of a cask’, tæppian ‘provide (a cask) with a stopper’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tap and German Zapfen (nouns).

   Derivatives

   • 1. tapless adjective
   • 2. tappable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   Tap definition: to strike with a light but audible blow or blows; hit with repeated, slight blows. See examples of TAP used in a sentence.

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   To tap is to lightly hit something, the way you tap your friend on the shoulder to get her attention or tap your foot against the floor when you're listening to music.

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