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Tap v. t. : 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.

Tap v. t. : To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.

Tap n. : A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.

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

Tap n. : 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.

Tap v. i. : To strike a gentle blow.

Tap n. : A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.

Tap n. : A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.

Tap n. : Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.

Tap n. : A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.

Tap n. : 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.

Tap v. t. : To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.

Tap v. t. : Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.

Tap v. t. : To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.

Tap v. t. : To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.

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Taxonomy
tape, adhesive tape, free encyclopedia, gaffers tape, Recording media, tape rolls, search, free dictionary, magnetic data, audio storage, storage device, DCC, video storage, cassette, activated, Tape dispenser, Non-Adhesive Tape, disambiguation pages.

Defination from the web:
tape in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Three rolls of gaffers tape. Tape refers to a strip of long, thin matter, usually ... Digital video tape. Videotape, for video storage. Taping, officially known as "recording", the process of writing on a cassette. Adhesive tapes ... 

synonyms
  (noun) pat
  (noun) rap
  (noun) strike
  (noun) water faucet
  (noun) water tap
  (noun) hydrant
  (noun) spigot
  (noun) wiretap
  (noun) dab
  (noun) blow
  (noun) bump
  (noun) faucet
  (noun) investigating
  (noun) investigation
  (noun) plate
  (noun) plug
  (noun) plumbing fixture
  (noun) sound
  (noun) stopper
  (noun) stopple
  (noun) tool
  (noun) touch
  (noun) touching
  (verb) tip
  (verb) exploit
  (verb) wiretap
  (verb) intercept
  (verb) bug
  (verb) rap
  (verb) knock
  (verb) pink
  (verb) tapdance
  (verb) solicit
  (verb) beg
  (verb) apply
  (verb) bespeak
  (verb) call for
  (verb) cut
  (verb) dance
  (verb) draw
  (verb) draw off
  (verb) eavesdrop
  (verb) employ
  (verb) furnish
  (verb) go
  (verb) listen in
  (verb) pierce
  (verb) provide
  (verb) quest
  (verb) render
  (verb) request
  (verb) sound
  (verb) strike
  (verb) supply
  (verb) take out
  (verb) trip the light fantastic
  (verb) trip the light fantastic toe
  (verb) use
  (verb) utilise
  (verb) utilize
  (verb) walk
  (verb) withdraw


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