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  1. 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"
      Similar:
      valve
      spout
      stopcock
      cock
      spile
      faucet
      spigot
      • a device connected to a telephone used for listening secretly to someone's conversations:
        "those taps produced hundreds of hours of recordings"
        Similar:
        wiretap
        wire
        bug
        receiver
        listening device
        bugging device
        hidden microphone
        • an instrument for cutting a threaded hole in a material.
          • 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"
              Similar:
              drain
              bleed
              milk
              broach
              open
              pierce
              puncture
              • 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"
                Similar:
                draw on
                exploit
                milk
                make use of
                use
                utilize
                open up
                • connect a device to (a telephone) so that conversation can be listened to secretly:
                  "the telephones were tapped by the state security police"
                  Similar:
                  wiretap
                  monitor
                  overhear
                  bug
                  listen in on/to
                  eavesdrop on
                  spy on
                  • cut a thread in (something) to accept a screw:
                    "on most vices, the metal jaws are drilled and tapped to accept screws"
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                    Pronunciation
                    noun
                    tap
                    Tone

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                    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).
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