Tap word meaning and definition

[noun] a light touch or stroke
[noun] a plug for a bunghole in a cask
[noun] a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
[noun] a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
[noun] a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
[noun] the sound made by a gentle blow
[noun] a gentle blow
[verb] make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solcited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"
[verb] draw from; make good use of (resources)
[verb] strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder"
[verb] cut a female screw thread with a tap
[verb] pierce in order to draw a liquid from; "tap a maple tree for its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer"
[verb] draw (liquor) from a tap; "tap beer in a bar"
[verb] dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes; "Glover tapdances better than anybody"
[verb] walk with a tapping sound
[verb] make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
[verb] 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?"
[verb] draw from or dip into to get something; "tap one's memory"; "tap a source of money"
[verb] furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it; "tap a cask of wine"

\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. 2. To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
\Tap\, n. [Cf. F. tape. See {Tap} to strike.] 1. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. --Addison. 2. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel. 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.
\Tap\, v. i. To strike a gentle blow.
\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. 2. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet. 3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. [Colloq.] 4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar. [Colloq.] 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. {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.
\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, etc. 2. Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury. 3. To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing. --Shak. He has been tapping his liquors. --Addison. 4. (Mech.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.

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