Category:Tap

Tap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tapping.] Etym: [f. Taper to strike; of teutonic origin; cf. dial. G. tapp, tapps, a Blow, tappe a paw, fist, g. tappen to grope.]

1. 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. To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.

Tap Tap, n. Etym: [cf. F. tape. See tap to strike.]

1. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. Addison.

2. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in Repairing or renewing the sole or heel.

3. pl. (mil.)

Defn: 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. Wilhelm.

Tap Tap, v. i.

Defn: to strike a gentle blow.

Tap Tap, n. Etym: [as. tæppa, akin to d. tap, g. zapfen, ohg. zapfo, dan. Tap, sw. tapp, icel. tappi. Cf. Tampion, tip.]

1. A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.

2. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the Like; a faucet.

3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of Liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. [colloq.]

4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar. [colloq.]

5. (mech.)

Defn: 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. On tap. (a) ready to be drawn; as, ale on tap. (b) Broached, or furnished with a tap; as, a barrel on tap. -- plug tap (mech.), a screw-cutting tap with a slightly tapering End. -- tap bolt, a bolt with a head on one end and a thread on the other End, to be screwed into some fixed part, instead of passing through The part and receiving a nut. See illust. under bolt. -- tap cinder (metal.), the slag of a puddling furnace.

Tap Tap, v. t.

1. To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a Cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.

2. Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap Telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap The treasury.

3. To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing. Shak. He has been tapping his liquors. Addison.

4. (mech.)

Defn: to form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool Called a tap; as, to tap a nut.