Definitions For Tap

noun

• (military) signal to turn the lights out
• A light touch or stroke
• 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
• A gentle blow

verb

• Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
• Draw from; make good use of
• Strike lightly
• Cut a female screw thread with a tap
• Pierce in order to draw a liquid from
• Draw (liquor) from a tap
• Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
• Walk with a tapping sound
• Make light, repeated taps on a surface
• Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
• Draw from or dip into to get something
• Furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it