Tap \Tap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Tapping.] [F. taper to strike; of Teutonic origin; cf.
   dial. G. tapp, tapps, a blow, tappe a paw, fist, G. tappen to
   grope.]
   1. To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently;
      to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a
      cane.
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   2. To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
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	Tap \Tap\, n. [Cf. F. tape. See Tap to strike.]
   1. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. --Addison.
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   2. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or
      shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
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   3. pl. (Mil.) 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.
      --Wilhelm.
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	Tap \Tap\, v. i.
   To strike a gentle blow.
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	Tap \Tap\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppa, akin to D. tap, G. zapfen, OHG.
   zapfo, Dan. tap, Sw. tapp, Icel. tappi. Cf. Tampion,
   Tip.]
   1. A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
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   2. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or
      the like; a faucet.
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   3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or
      quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. [Colloq.]
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   4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a
      bar. [Colloq.]
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   5. (Mech.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut,
      consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved
      longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.
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   On tap.
      (a) Ready to be drawn; as, ale on tap.
      (b) Broached, or furnished with a tap; as, a barrel on
          tap.

   Plug tap (Mech.), a screw-cutting tap with a slightly
      tapering end.

   Tap bolt, a bolt with a head on one end and a thread on the
      other end, to be screwed into some fixed part, instead of
      passing through the part and receiving a nut. See Illust.
      under Bolt.

   Tap cinder (Metal.), the slag of a puddling furnace.
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	Tap \Tap\, v. t.
   1. To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to
      tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, a keg of beer, etc.
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   2. Hence, to draw resources from (a reservoir) in any
      analogous way; as, to tap someone's knowledge of the Unix
      system; to tap the treasury.
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   3. To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing. --Shak.
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            He has been tapping his liquors.      --Addison.
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   4. (Mech.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means
      of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut, a pipe, or
      tubing.
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   5. to connect a listening device to (a telephone or telegraph
      line) secretly, for the purpose of hearing private
      conversations; also, to obtain or record (information) by
      tapping; -- a technique used by law enforcement agencies
      investigating suspected criminals. In the United States it
      is illegal without a court order permitting it.
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	Faucet \Fau"cet\, n. [F. fausset, perh. fr. L. fauces throat.]
   1. A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil,
      etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such
      quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and
      cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a
      movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.
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   2. The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the
      spigot end of the next section.
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	tap
     n 1: the sound made by a gentle blow [syn: pat, rap]
     2: a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask [syn: water
        faucet, water tap, spigot, hydrant]
     3: a gentle blow [syn: rap, strike]
     4: a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a
        shoe (as in tap dancing)
     5: a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
     6: a plug for a bunghole in a cask [syn: spigot]
     7: the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get
        information [syn: wiretap]
     8: a light touch or stroke [syn: pat, dab]
     v 1: cut a female screw thread with a tap
     2: draw from or dip into to get something; "tap one's memory";
        "tap a source of money"
     3: strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder" [syn: tip]
     4: draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources
        we are given wisely" [syn: exploit]
     5: tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The
        FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is
        this hotel room bugged?" [syn: wiretap, intercept, bug]
     6: furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid
        from it; "tap a cask of wine"
     7: make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his
        fingers on the table impatiently" [syn: rap, knock, pink]
     8: walk with a tapping sound
     9: dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal
        plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes; "Glover
        tapdances better than anybody" [syn: tapdance]
     10: draw (liquor) from a tap; "tap beer in a bar"
     11: pierce in order to draw a liquid from; "tap a maple tree for
         its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer"
     12: make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request
         urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope
         for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for
         different charities" [syn: solicit, beg]
     [also: tapping, tapped]

	

	458 Moby Thesaurus words for "tap":
   Gramophone, PA, PA system, Victrola, abridge, adjutage, air hole,
   appoint, armhole, at hand, attend, attend to, audio sound system,
   audiophile, auger, auscultate, available, avenue, ball cock,
   ball valve, bang, bar, barroom, be all ears, beak, beat,
   beat a tattoo, beat the drum, beat time, beating, bend an ear,
   bereave, binaural system, bitch box, bite, bleed, blowhole, bob,
   bore, breath, broach, brush, bug, bulb, bulbil, bullet-hole,
   bullhorn, bump, bung, bunghole, bunt, burst, bust, caress,
   cartridge, catheter, ceramic pickup, changer, channel, check valve,
   chink, chuck, chute, clap, clash, cleave, click, clink, clop,
   clump, clunk, cock, cock the ears, cocktail lounge,
   come in contact, contact, cork, corm, count, count the beats,
   countersink, crack, crash, crevasse, cringle, crump,
   crystal pickup, curtail, cut, cut off, cut open, cutaneous sense,
   dab, deadeye, debouch, decant, deprive, deprive of,
   derived four-channel system, discrete four-channel system,
   disentitle, dispart, divaricate, divest, divide, door, draft,
   draft off, drain, drain cock, drainpipe, draw, draw cock,
   draw from, draw off, draw on, drill, drinkery, drum, dull thud,
   ease one of, eavesdrop, efflux tube, egress, empierce, empty,
   emunctory, escape, estuary, examine by ear, exhaust, exit, extract,
   eye, eyelet, faucet, feel, feel of, feeling, fillip, finger,
   fingertip caress, fire hose, fissure, fix, flap, flick, flip,
   flirt, floodgate, flop, flue pipe, flume, flump, fly open,
   four-channel stereo system, funnel, garden hose, gas pipe, gasket,
   gate, give attention, give audience to, give ear, glance, gore,
   gouge, gouge out, graze, groggery, grogshop, grommet, guide,
   hammer, hand-mindedness, handle, hark, hear, hear out, hearken,
   heed, hi-fi, hi-fi fan, high-fidelity, hit, hole, honeycomb, hose,
   hosepipe, hydrant, impale, in reserve, incise, intercept, intercom,
   intercommunication system, jukebox, keep time, keyhole, kiss,
   knock, knocking, knothole, lambency, lance, lap, lay open,
   lend an ear, let, let blood, let out, lick, lid, light touch,
   lighten one of, listen, listen at, listen in, listen to, loop,
   loophole, magnetic pickup, make, make use of, manhole, manipulate,
   milk, mine, monaural system, mono, mousehole, name, needle,
   needle valve, nickelodeon, nipple, nominate, on call, on hand,
   on tap, ope, open, open up, opening, organ pipe, out, outcome,
   outfall, outgate, outgo, outlet, pad, palm, palpate, part, pat,
   patter, paw, peck, pecking, peephole, peg, penetrate, perforate,
   petcock, phlebotomize, phonograph, photoelectric pickup, pick,
   pickup, pierce, pigeonhole, pin, pinhole, pink, pipe, pipeline,
   pipette, piping, pitapat, pitter-patter, placket, placket hole,
   play drum, plug, plump, plunk, ply, poke at, pop, pore, port,
   porthole, pothouse, pound, prick, prod, pub, public house,
   public-address system, pump, pump out, punch, punch-hole, puncture,
   put through channels, put to use, quadraphonic sound system,
   radicle, radio-phonograph combination, radix, rap, rapping, ready,
   ream, ream out, record changer, record player, reed, reed pipe,
   rent, report, rhizome, riddle, rift, rip, rive, root, rootstock,
   rub, ruffle, run through, sally port, sap, sea cock,
   sense of touch, separate, siamese, siamese connection, siphon,
   siphon off, sit in on, skewer, slam, slap, slat, slit, sluice,
   smack, smite, snap, snorkel, soil pipe, sound a tattoo,
   sound reproduction system, sound truck, spear, spigot, spike,
   spile, spill, spiracle, spit, splat, split, spout, spread,
   spread out, spring open, squawk box, stab, standpipe, steam pipe,
   stem, stereo, stick, stop, stopcock, stopgap, stopper, stopple,
   straw, strike, stroke, stylus, suck, suck out, swap, swing open,
   system, tactile sense, taction, take away from, take from,
   tape deck, tape recorder, tapping, taproom, taproot, tear,
   tear open, tentative poke, throw open, thrum, thud, thumb, thump,
   thwack, tick, tickle, tinkle, tip, tom-tom, tone arm, touch,
   transcription turntable, transfix, transpierce, trepan, trephine,
   tube, tuber, tubercle, tubing, tubulation, tubule, tubulet,
   tubulure, tunk, turn to account, turntable, twiddle, unplug, use,
   utilize, valve, valvula, valvule, venesect, vent, ventage,
   venthole, vomitory, waiting, waste pipe, water pipe, way out, weir,
   whack, wham, whap, whisk, whisper, whomp, whop, wield, wiretap,
   withdraw

	

	TAP
     Telocator Alphanumeric input Protocol (SNPP, PCIA, SMS, USA)

	

	TAP
     Terminal Access Point (cable)

	

	TAP
     Test Access Port (IC, IEEE 1149.1)

	

	TAP
     The Ada Project

	

	TAP
     Transport und Archivierung Produktdefinierender daten (org., DIN, STEP,
     CIM)

	

	TAP
     
        Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol

	

	tap
     
        hit