| Tap 1. (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. 2. (v. t.) To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes. 3. (n.) A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. 4. (n.) A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel. 5. (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. 6. (v. i.) To strike a gentle blow. 7. (n.) A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn. 8. (n.) A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet. 9. (n.) Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. 10. (n.) A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar. 11. (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. 12. (v. t.) To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc. 13. (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. 14. (v. t.) To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing. 15. (v. t.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut. Thesaurus Entries Gramophone, PA, PA system, Victrola, abridge, adjutage, air hole, appoint, armhole, at hand, attend, attend to, audio sound system, audiophile, auger, auscultate, available, avenue, ball cock, ball valve, bang, bar, barroom, be all ears, beak, beat, beat a tattoo, beat the drum, beat time, beating, bend an ear, bereave, binaural system, bitch box, bite, bleed, blowhole, bob, bore, breath, broach, brush, bug, bulb, bulbil, bullet-hole, bullhorn, bump, bung, bunghole, bunt, burst, bust, caress, cartridge, catheter, ceramic pickup, changer, channel, check valve, chink, chuck, chute, clap, clash, cleave, click, clink, clop, clump, clunk, cock, cock the ears, cocktail lounge, come in contact, contact, cork, corm, count, count the beats, countersink, crack, crash, crevasse, cringle, crump, crystal pickup, curtail, cut, cut off, cut open, cutaneous sense, dab, deadeye, debouch, decant, deprive, deprive of, derived four-channel system, discrete four-channel system, disentitle, dispart, divaricate, divest, divide, door, draft, draft off, drain, drain cock, drainpipe, draw, draw cock, draw from, draw off, draw on, drill, drinkery, drum, dull thud, ease one of, eavesdrop, efflux tube, egress, empierce, empty, emunctory, escape, estuary, examine by ear, exhaust, exit, extract, eye, eyelet, faucet, feel, feel of, feeling, fillip, finger, fingertip caress, fire hose, fissure, fix, flap, flick, flip, flirt, floodgate, flop, flue pipe, flume, flump, fly open, four-channel stereo system, funnel, garden hose, gas pipe, gasket, gate, give attention, give audience to, give ear, glance, gore, gouge, gouge out, graze, groggery, grogshop, grommet, guide, hammer, hand-mindedness, handle, hark, hear, hear out, hearken, heed, hi-fi, hi-fi fan, high-fidelity, hit, hole, honeycomb, hose, hosepipe, hydrant, impale, in reserve, incise, intercept, intercom, intercommunication system, jukebox, keep time, keyhole, kiss, knock, knocking, knothole, lambency, lance, lap, lay open, lend an ear, let, let blood, let out, lick, lid, light touch, lighten one of, listen, listen at, listen in, listen to, loop, loophole, magnetic pickup, make, make use of, manhole, manipulate, milk, mine, monaural system, mono, mousehole, name, needle, needle valve, nickelodeon, nipple, nominate, on call, on hand, on tap, ope, open, open up, opening, organ pipe, out, outcome, outfall, outgate, outgo, outlet, pad, palm, palpate |