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Noun
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- cut a female screw thread with a tap