Citations:tap

English citations of tap

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Etymology 1

Noun

1. A tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
2. (by extension)
   1. Liquor drawn through a tap (sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing.
      • 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Two. The First of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 55:

        Here he produced a decanter of curiously light wine, and a block of curiously heavy cake, and administered instalments of those dainties to the young people: at the same time, sending out a meagre servant to offer a glass of "something" to the postboy, who answered that he thanked the gentleman, but if it was the same tap as he had tasted before, he had rather not.

Etymology 2

Verb

1. (transitive)
   1. To strike (someone or something), chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard.
      1. (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with (someone).

         Examples where the speaker is a woman and the target is a man.

         • 2016, Tabitha Levin, “Emma”, in Rock Hard (Rock Star; 2), [Australia]: Tabitha Levin, →OCLC:

           "He's handsome, isn't he? If he didn't have a girlfriend, I'd tap him for sure." "Excuse me?" Emma looked over to see who was talking to her. A woman old enough to be her mother was eyeing the band. "The lead singer. Everyone wants him." The woman parted her lips and sighed.

         • 2017, Hailey Edwards, Bayou Born:

           "Do you realy think I'd tap that?" she asked me from her seat on the linoleum. "He has no sense of humor, he's my boss, and he's larger than some small countries."

         • 2019, Julia Kent, chapter 2, in Perky (Do-over Series; 2), [Scotts Valley, Calif.: CreateSpace], →ISBN:

           "If I weren't married," Hasty says, eyeing Parker like he's a side of grass-fed organic beef and she's Michael Pollan, "I'd tap that."

         • 2020, Caroline Leavitt, With or Without You: A Novel, page 66:

           "Bill is fucking hot," one girl said. "I'd tap him in a heartbeat."