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    tap
    [tap]
    noun
    tap (noun) · taps (plural noun) · tapping (noun) · tappings (plural 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" · "the air-supply tap"
      • BRITISH ENGLISH
        an electrical connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.
    2. a device connected to a telephone used for listening secretly to someone's conversations:
      "those taps produced hundreds of hours of recordings"
      • an act of listening secretly to someone's telephone conversation.
    3. an instrument for cutting a threaded hole in a material.
    4. BRITISH ENGLISH
      a taproom.
    verb
    tap (verb) · taps (third person present) · tapped (past tense) · tapped (past participle) · tapping (present participle)
    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"
      • draw (liquid) from a cask, barrel, or other container:
        "the butlers were tapping new ale"
      • 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" · "these magazines have tapped into a target market of consumers"
      • informal
        obtain money or information from (someone):
        "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"
    4. cut a thread in (something) to accept a screw:
      "on most vices, the metal jaws are drilled and tapped to accept screws"
    Origin
    Old English tæppa ‘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).
    tap
    [tap]
    verb
    tap (verb) · taps (third person present) · tapped (past tense) · tapped (past participle) · tapping (present participle)
    1. strike (someone or something) with a quick light blow or blows:
      "one of my staff tapped me on the shoulder"
      • strike (something) against something else with a quick light blow or blows:
        "Gloria was tapping her feet in time to the music"
      • (tap something out)
        produce (a rhythm) with a series of quick light blows on a surface:
        "drums that tapped out a rumba beat"
      • write or enter (something) using a keyboard or keypad:
        "he tapped out a few words on the keyboard"
    2. US ENGLISH
      informal
      designate or select (someone) for a task or honor, especially membership of an organization or committee:
      "he had been tapped earlier to serve in Costa Rica"
    noun
    tap (noun) · taps (plural noun) · taps (noun)
    1. a quick light blow, or the sound of such a blow:
      "there was a sharp tap at the door"
    2. tap dancing:
      "a rhythm much used in tap"
      • a piece of metal attached to the toe and heel of a tap dancer's shoe to make a tapping sound.
    3. US ENGLISH
      (taps)
      a bugle call for lights to be put out in army quarters:
      "the bugler played taps"
      • a bugle call sounded at a military funeral.
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French taper, or of imitative origin; compare with clap and rap.
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    noun
    1. a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled:
      • a device connected to a telephone used for listening secretly to someone's conversations:
        listening device
        bugging device
        hidden microphone
        verb
        1. draw liquid through the tap or spout of (a cask, barrel, or other container):
        2. exploit or draw a supply from (a resource):
          • connect a device to (a telephone) so that conversation can be listened to secretly:
           
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        1. to hit something gently, and often repeatedly, especially making short, sharp noises: tap against The branches tapped against the window.
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          Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Financial, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. tap 1 (tăp) v. tapped, tap·ping, taps v.tr. 1. To strike gently with a light blow or blows: I tapped you on the shoulder to get your attention.
           
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