How to pronounce tap in English
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"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."
"To put a new sole or heel on; as to tap shoes."
"A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat."
"A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel."
"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."
"To strike a gentle blow."
"A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn."
"A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask or the like; a faucet."
"Liquor drawn through a tap; hence a certain kind or quality of liquor; as a liquor of the same tap."
"A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar."
"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."
"To pierce so as to let out or draw off a fluid; as to tap a cask a tree a tumor etc."
"Hence to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury."
"To draw or cause to flow by piercing."
"To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as to tap a nut."