tap

tap
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[[t]tæp[/t]]
v. tapped, tap•ping, n.
1) to strike with a light but audible blow
2) to make, put, etc., by tapping:
to tap a nail into a wall[/ex]
3) to strike (the fingers, a foot, a pencil, etc.) upon or against something, esp. with repeated light blows
4) clo to add a metal or leather piece to the sole or heel of (a boot or shoe)
5) to strike lightly but audibly
6) to strike light blows
7) to tap-dance
8) a light but audible blow
9) the sound made by this
10) clo a piece of metal attached to the toe or heel of a shoe
11) clo a thickness of leather added to the sole or heel of a boot or shoe, as in repairing
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Etymology: 1175–1225; ME tappen, alter. of early ME teppen, prob. imit. tap′per, n. II
tap
[[t]tæp[/t]] n. v. tapped, tap•ping
1) a cylindrical plug or stopper for closing an opening through which liquid is drawn, as in a cask; spigot
2) bui a faucet or cock
3) the liquor drawn through a particular tap
4) elm a connection made at an intermediate point on an electrical circuit or device
5) cvb tgp inf an act or instance of wiretapping
6) srg the surgical withdrawal of fluid:
spinal tap[/ex]
7) bui a tool for cutting screw threads into the cylindrical surface of a round opening
8) bui a hole made in tapping, as one in a pipe to furnish connection for a branch pipe
9) to draw liquid from (a vessel or container)
10) to draw off (liquid), as by removing a tap or piercing a container
11) to draw the tap from or pierce (a cask or other container)
12) to draw upon; begin to use:
to tap one's resources[/ex]
13) tgp to connect into secretly so as to receive what is being transmitted: to tap a telephone
14) bui to furnish (a cask, pipe, etc.) with a tap
15) bui to cut a screw thread into the surface of (an opening)
16) civ to open outlets from (power lines, highways, pipes, etc.)
17) phv mel tap off, to remove (liquid, molten metal, etc.) from a keg, furnace, or the like
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Etymology: bef. 1050; (n.) ME tappe, OE tæppa, c. MD, MLG tap, OHG zapho, ON tappi; (v.) ME tappen, OE tæppian tap′pa•ble, adj. tap′per, n.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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