tap

tap
tap1
noun
1》 a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled.
2》 an instrument for cutting a threaded hole in a material.
3》 a device connected to a telephone for listening secretly to conversation.
4》 (also tapping) Brit. an electrical connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.
5》 Brit. a taproom.
verb (taps, tapping, tapped)
1》 draw liquid through the tap or spout of (a cask, barrel, etc.).
2》 draw sap from (a tree) by cutting into it.
3》 exploit or draw a supply from (a resource).
    ↘informal obtain money or information from.
4》 connect a device to (a telephone) so that conversation can be listened to secretly.
5》 cut a thread in (something) to accept a screw.
Phrases
on tap
1》 ready to be poured from a tap.
    ↘informal freely available whenever needed.
2》 N. Amer. informal on schedule to occur.
Derivatives
tappable adjective
Origin
OE tæppa 'stopper for a cask', tæppian 'provide (a cask) with a stopper', of Gmc origin.
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tap2
verb (taps, tapping, tapped)
1》 strike or knock with a quick light blow or blows.
    ↘strike lightly and repeatedly against something else: she was tapping her feet.
2》 N. Amer. informal designate or select for a task or honour.
noun
1》 a quick light blow or the sound of such a blow.
2》 tap dancing.
    ↘a piece of metal attached to the toe and heel of a tap dancer's shoe to make a tapping sound.
3》 (taps) [treated as sing. or plural] US a bugle call for lights to be put out in army quarters.
    ↘a similar call sounded at a military funeral.
    ↘Brit. (in the Guide movement) a closing song sung at an evening camp fire or at the end of a meeting.
Derivatives
tapper noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. taper, or of imitative origin; cf. clap1 and rap1.

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