tap

Noun

• a light touch or stroke

• the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information

• a plug for a bunghole in a cask

• a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads

• a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)

• a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask

• a gentle blow

• the sound made by a gentle blow

Verb

• 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
    

• pierce in order to draw a liquid from
  • tap a maple tree for its syrup
    
  • tap a keg of beer
    

• draw (liquor) from a tap
  • tap beer in a bar
    

• dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
  • Glover tapdances better than anybody
    

• walk with a tapping sound

• make light, repeated taps on a surface
  • he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently
    

• furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
  • tap a cask of wine
    

• 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?
    

• draw from; make good use of
  • we must exploit the resources we are given wisely
    

• strike lightly
  • He tapped me on the shoulder
    

• draw from or dip into to get something
  • tap one's memory
    
  • tap a source of money
    

• cut a female screw thread with a tap

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  pat , dab , wiretap , spigot , water faucet , water tap , hydrant , rap , strike , solicit , beg , tapdance , knock , pink , intercept , bug , exploit , tip