Tap

Quick meaning: Tap is a noun meaning A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.

Meaning

A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.

More Meanings

1. A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe.
2. A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications.
3. A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.
4. An object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1, noun sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).
5. Liquor drawn through a tap (etymology 1, noun sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing.
6. A situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
7. A cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole, with cutting edges around the lower end and an upper end to which a handle is fitted to turn the tool.

Example Sentences

telephone tap

a liquor of the same tap

Is the tap water here safe to drink?

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

Word Forms

• taps
• tapping
• tapped
• tappest
• tappedst
• tappeth

Synonyms for tap

Depending on context, synonyms include clap, knock, pat, ping, plip, plonk.

Antonyms for tap

Common opposites include humming.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spigot, hydrant, dab, pat, rap, knock.

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