tap

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Synonyms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Synonyms 1.3.1.3 Translations 1.3.2 Noun 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.4.1.1 Synonyms 1.4.1.2 Translations 1.4.2 Noun 1.5 Anagrams 2 Icelandic 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tæp/
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• Rhymes: -æp

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English tæppa = Old Saxon *tappo Middle Low German tappe
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[edit] Noun

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.

[edit] Derived terms

• taproom
• taproot

[edit] Synonyms

• (device to dispense liquid): faucet, handle, spigot, spout

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English tæppian
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[edit] Verb

to 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 TV and satellite dishes.

5. (mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.

   Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole.

6. (slang)(transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.

   I would tap that hot girl over there. or, more informally, I'd tap that

[edit] Derived terms

• on tap
• on the tap
• tap into
• tapped out

[edit] Synonyms

• (intercept communications): eavesdrop

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[edit] Noun

tap (plural taps)

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

[edit] Etymology 3

Middle English tappe. Sense 1 is from Old French taper, from a Gallo-Romance or Germanic source ultimately onomatopoeic.
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[edit] Verb

to 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.]

[edit] Synonyms

• (touch something, often repeatedly): hit, patter, pound, rap, strike
• (make a sharp noise): bang, ping, rap

[edit] Translations

[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.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: apt , ap't, apt., APT
• ATP
• pat, Pat
• PTA

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Noun

tap

1. loss