Word Finder - taps

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A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.

synonyms

• spigot

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A device used to dispense liquids.

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We don't have bottled water; you'll have to get it from the tap.

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• faucet
• handle
• spigot
• spout

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Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.

example

a liquor of the same tap

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A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.

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• bar
• taproom

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A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)

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We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread.

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A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.

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The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill-advised taps along its length.

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An interception of communication by authority.

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A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.

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A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.

example

abdominal tap

synonyms

• paracentesis

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To furnish with taps.

example

If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!

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To draw off liquid from a vessel.

example

He tapped a new barrel of beer.

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To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.

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To exploit.

example

Businesses are trying to tap the youth market.

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To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.

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They can't tap the phone without a warrant.

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To intercept a communication without authority.

example

He was known to tap cable television.

synonyms

• eavesdrop

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To cut an internal screw thread.

example

Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole.

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To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).

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To cadge, borrow or beg.

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I tried to tap a cigarette off him, but he wouldn't give me one.

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To drain off fluid by paracentesis.

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To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.

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Trump interviewed Mueller for FBI job day before he was tapped for special counsel.

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A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.

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When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around.

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The act of touching a touch screen.

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A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.

synonyms

• heeltap

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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.

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A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.

synonyms

• flap

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To strike lightly.

example

She tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention.

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To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.

example

He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table.

synonyms

• hit
• patter
• pound
• rap
• strike

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To make a sharp noise.

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The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane.

synonyms

• bang
• hit
• ping
• rap

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To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.

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To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.

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To have sexual intercourse with.

example

I would tap that hot girl over there.

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• go to bed with
• hit
• sleep with
• wap

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To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.

synonyms

• tap out

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To force (an opponent) to submit.

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• tap out

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To put a new sole or heel on.

example

to tap shoes

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A rhythmic dance in which the heels and toes of the dancer's shoes make a series of clicks

Out of his war experiences came in 1866 his Drum Taps, subsequently incorporated into the main volume.

He then pours or taps the molten charge from the furnace into a large clay-lined casting ladle, giving it the final additions of manganese, usually with carbon and often with silicon, needed to give it exactly the desired composition.

The old aqueduct, which was constructed in the 17th century by Carnignano and Criminelli and taps the Isclero at Sant' Agata dei Goti, is still available to a certain extent, but its water was never very wholesome, and as it was not laid on to houses but only supplied fountains and house cisterns which have since been filled up, no account need be taken of it.

Within the 19th century, however, cast iron became general in the case of large towns; but following the precedent inseparable from the use of weaker conduits, the water was still delivered under very low pressure, rarely more than sufficient to supply taps or tanks near the level of the ground, and generally for only a short period out of each twenty-four hours.

The penstock, three feet in diameter at this point, was a long black snake, carrying its mountain water to the small generating station, while adjacent black piping and frequent taps provided the ice that coated the cliff sides in gigantic clusters below.

To save water, our standard range of taps includes either a 6 liter aerator or 1.7 liter spray insert.

On the bare wooden floor in the dusty attic, Leo taps.

The quartet sound taps into the root of modern pop punk to create something not dissimilar to Fall Out Boy and New Found Glory.

If the units are in fairly good condition and only look dated, just replace the doorknobs, handles and taps.

He taps the same vein of highly informed, snappy, connective journalism, and it's great to read.

To install the new mixer, follow the procedure for changing taps.

Am I eligible for lever taps, lowering a cistern or having a grab rail of some sort fitted in my home?

As John Goodman taps his way along the walls listening for the concealed safe, you hear the reverberations behind you.

Or you can find taps with infrared sensors that you don't need to turn on or off at all.

One and a half bowl single drainer sink unit with mixer taps set into work surface with a range of cupboards and drawers under.

Clean and disinfect the toilet, toilet flush, taps and door handle regularly with a disinfectant.

I bought a hose and devided it in two to provide water from both the hot and cold taps.

Claw foot roll top free standing bath with shower mixer taps, wash basin, toilet.

You may have used spray taps in places like motorway service areas.

Dream bathrooms have been realized and completed based on the beauty of our unique bathroom taps.

It has also still got two large bath taps attached.

Our taps are fitted with an automated shut off system to stop any unnecessary wastage of water.

Fix taps, waste and trap Connect to soil stack 32mm waste pipe.

Other tips include appointing a water monitor, sorting out dripping taps and insulating water pipes.

I use a small pin vise to hold small taps, not a tap wrench.

The Chesapeake & Ohio traverses the southern part of the state, from White Sulphur Springs in the east, through Charleston to the Ohio, serving the New and Kanawha rivers coal district as a freight carrier; the Norfolk & Western runs just within the south-western boundary along the valley of the Big Sandy, carrying coal both east and west from the Pocahontas coal-field; and the new Virginian railway entering at the south-east taps the coal-producing region (the Kanawha and Pocahontas districts) at Deepwater, serving in addition to the Norfolk & Western as a carrier of coal to Norfolk on the Virginia coast.

The hot water from the taps can, on occasion, be scalding hot.

Replacement of the existing devices to self-closing percussion taps is also under consideration by management.

The self-closing taps provide hot running water, without excess wastage.

Or you can find taps with infrared sensors that you do n't need to turn on or off at all.

After you have fixed all the leaks, turn off all the taps and check the water meter over a two hour period.

The earth works as a solar collector, and a ground source heat pump taps into that energy to heat and cool your home.

Dripping taps - dripping hot water taps can be an expensive loss of hot water.

Fixing dripping taps can offer a significant savings over the course of a year and help toconserve water.

Start in the corners and work your way to the center of the walls, using random strokes and taps as you go.

The skin will be tapped at a fast rate, at a minimum of at least three taps per second.

The makeup artist gently "taps" pigment into the skin with this tool, a practice that allows for the most precise, particular application of color and appropriate depth perception.

You can make homemade wedding favors for spring that taps into your crafty talents.

The taps should loosen the soil around the roots sufficiently to remove the plant.

Use your rubber mallet and pull bar to keep things snug with a few gentle taps.

The true punk spirit is one that is separate, or unique, from everyone else, and in this sense, Straight Edge clothing really taps into this mindset.

First, it taps into the unconscious self, as well as to what Carl Jung termed the "collective unconscious", the one that is ever connected to the "call" and rhythm of nature, as well as the gossamer threads that connect us to one another.

It also has special moves that involve precise combinations of movements on the joystick and taps of the attack buttons.

If you drink a lot of wine, you may want to invest in wine dispensing taps or a product called Vacu Vin.

Wine dispensing taps replace the oxygen with nitrogen in a partially-filled bottled.

Wine dispensing taps may give your wines a longer life by keeping air out.

While these are most often used commercially, some home wine drinkers like the taps for the convenience they offer.

There is no strum bar, so the button taps must be timed perfectly.

Many children do well on the auditory word discrimination subtest of TAPS, which uses auditory stimuli, but perform poorly on the G-F-W Test of Auditory Discrimination, which uses visual stimuli.

The clinician taps the rubber triangular shaped end in several different areas in the arms, knee, and Achilles heel area.