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tap
  1. A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.
  2. A device used to dispense liquids.
  3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
  4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
  5. (mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
  6. A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
  7. An interception of communication by authority.
  8. A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls. [from 20th c.]
  9. Synonyms:
      10. valve, faucet, spigot, stopcock, spout, gate, spile, bibcock, egress, hydrant, nozzle, petcock, jet, stopper, outlet, drinking fountain, water spout, bibb, fireplug, vent, standpipe, control valve, lid, pipe, controller, shutoff, regulator, plug, knock, dab, pat, rap, clip, crack, jab, poke, bang, blow, dig, hit, nudge, light blow, light slap, thump, stroke, punch, thwack, whack, pound, smack … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “I shoved it into the sink, turned on the cold tap, and let icy water wash over the fabric.”
      “Liam was asleep in bed some weeks later when he heard a tap on the window.”
      “I listened to the tap of her feet against the wooden floor, and could have sworn that it matched my own heart's beat.”
tapper
  1. One who taps.
  2. A tap-dancer.
  3. A phone tapper or wiretapper.
  4. (baseball slang) A weakly hit ground ball.
  5. (US) A tapster.
  6. (telegraphy) In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
  7. (Britain, dialect) The lesser spotted woodpecker.
  8. Examples:
      9. “The tapper then ceases to function and the coherer is ready for the next wireless signal.”
      “Part Rapper, part cigar tapper, and part jaw yapper, Georgie jumps onstage and delivered a so-so performance.”
      “Each tapper will tap about 650 trees a day where they spent perhaps a couple of minutes at each tree.”
tap
  1. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
  2. tap dance
  3. (computing) The act of touching a touch screen.
  4. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel; a heeltap.
  5. (military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
  6. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. valve, faucet, spigot, stopcock, spout, gate, spile, bibcock, egress, hydrant, nozzle, petcock, jet, stopper, outlet, drinking fountain, water spout, bibb, fireplug, vent, standpipe, control valve, lid, pipe, controller, shutoff, regulator, plug, knock, dab, pat, rap, clip, crack, jab, poke, bang, blow, dig, hit, nudge, light blow, light slap, thump, stroke, punch, thwack, whack, pound, smack … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “I shoved it into the sink, turned on the cold tap, and let icy water wash over the fabric.”
      “Liam was asleep in bed some weeks later when he heard a tap on the window.”
      “I listened to the tap of her feet against the wooden floor, and could have sworn that it matched my own heart's beat.”
tapping
  1. An act of making a light hit or strike against something.
  2. (music) A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard
  3. Synonyms:
      4. drumming, beating, drumbeat, patter, rhythm, staccato, pitter-patter, pounding, beat, throb, thump, pattering, throbbing, rapping, tattoo, thumping, thrum, tap, thrumming, hammering, thudding, knocking, pulsation, clatter, knock, rat-a-tat, drum, pit-a-pat, clack, clacketing, click-clack, peck, strike, pitapat, pelt, pad, pat, rattle, rap, thud, crash, bang, rumbling, rumble, clash, vibration, bump, pound, sound, reverberation … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “This was followed by some lively jigs and reels in which there was much tapping of feet amongst the audience.”
tapster
  1. One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor; barkeep
  2. Examples:
      3. “Sir John, staying at the Garter Inn, successfully recommends him to his Host as a tapster.”
      “They were carrying a hurdle from which Mr. tapster quickly averted his eyes.”
      “They wanted me to stay, and if they could get the House I should be tapster and drawer.”
tapstress
  1. A female tapster.
taps
  1. A particular song played at the end of the day, and at military funerals.
  2. plural of tap
  3. Synonyms:
      4. curtains, death, end, exit, extinction, bitter end, end of life, end of the line, lights out, the end, signal, demise, passing, expiration, expiry, quietus, doom, dissolution, grave, passage, fate, sleep, dying, departure, release, croaking, silence, snuffing, defunction, decease, passing away, passing on, great divide, final exit, loss of life, eternal rest, departure from life, kicking the bucket, passing over, buying the farm, termination, ruin, destruction, downfall, finish, ruination, annihilation, loss, disaster, catastrophe … more
tappings
  1. plural of tapping
  2. Synonyms:
      3. drumming, beatings, drumbeats, patters, rhythm, staccatos, pitter-patter, beats, poundings, throbs, thumps, taps, thumping, thuddings, thrummings, tattoos, rappings, patterings, hammerings, thrums, throbbings, knockings, clatters, drums, knocks, pulsation, clacks, pecks, strikes, pats, pelts, pitapats, rattles, pads, pounds, rap, thuds, bumps, vibration, sound, crashes, percussion, bangs, clashes, reverberation, rumbles, rumblings, booms, tick, clicks … more
tapsters
  1. plural of tapster
tappers
  1. plural of tapper
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