tap

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English tæppa = Old Saxon *tappo, from Proto-Germanic *tappe

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tap (plural taps)

  1. A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.
  2. A device used to dispense liquids.
    We don't have bottled water, you'll have to get it from the tap.
  3. A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
    We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread.
  4. A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
    The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill advised taps along its length.
  5. An interception of communication with authority.
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spigot
device to dispense liquid
device to cut internal threads
connection of a system to the main distribution
interception with authority
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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English tæppian

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tap (third-person singular simple present taps, present participle tapping, simple past and past participle tapped)

  1. To furnish with taps.
  2. To draw off liquid from a vessel.
    He tapped a new barrel of beer.
  3. To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection. [from 19th c.]
    They can't tap the phone without a warrant.
  4. To intercept a communication without authority.
    He was known to tap cable television
  5. (mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
    Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole.
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to furnish with taps
to have "on tap"
to access a resource or object
to draw off liquid from a vessel
to place a listening device
to intercept communication
to make an internal thread
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  • German: anzapfen; abzapfen; (Telefonate) abhören, (Ressourcen) erschließen; (Vorräte) anbrechen

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tap (plural taps)

  1. Device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls. [from 20th c.]

[edit] Etymology 3

Middle English tappe, Old French taper, from a Gallo-Romance or Germanic source. Ultimately onomatopoeic.

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tap (third-person singular simple present taps, present participle tapping, simple past and past participle tapped)

  1. To strike lightly. [from early 13th c.]
  2. To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
    He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table.
    She tapped her companion on the back to indicate that she was ready to go.
  3. To make a sharp noise.
    The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane.
  4. To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'. [from mid-20th c.]
  5. (slang, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
    I would tap that hot girl over there.
    I'd tap that.
  6. (combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
  7. (combat sports, transitive) To force (an opponent) to submit.
    • 2000 October 14, "K®Æz¥ k ° †€°" (username), "Kimo Tapped Sakuraba", in alt.ufc, Usenet:
      Hard to believe Kimo [Leopoldo] used a triangle choke to tap [Kazushi] Sak[uraba], but 4 years can make a difference.
    • 2003 April 2, "Eddie" (username), "I Tapped Somebody!", in rec.martial-arts, Usenet:
      Just started bjj [=Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu] couple of months ago and i finally tapped someone!!! WOOOHOO! The guy i tapped has been traiing a few more months than me, outweighs me by at least 30 pounds, and is in great shape from the army.
    • 2004 April 7, "Araxen" (username), "Re: UFC vs. Boxing", in rec.sport.boxing, Usenet:
      [Genki] Sudo weighed 1/4 of what Butterbean [=Eric Esch] weighs and he still tapped Butterbean.
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to touch something, often repeatedly
to make a sharp noise
(slang) to have sexual intercourse (with)
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[edit] Noun

tap (plural taps)

  1. A repeated touching of one's hands, foot or other body part.
    When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around.

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tap m. (plural taps)

  1. tap, spigot

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tap n. (genitive singular taps, plural töp)

  1. loss, damage
    Búðin er rekin með tapi.
    The store is run at a loss.

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  • IPA: /tɑːp/

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tap n.

  1. loss

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    Inflection of tap
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål n tap tapet tap tapa/tapene
Nynorsk n tap tapet tap tapa [tapi]
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