Tap Very Common

the sound made by a gentle blow

"The rhythmic tap of her fingers on the desk signaled that she was thinking hard about the answer."

a gentle blow

"She gently tapped his shoulder to get his attention before he noticed her waving."

a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask

"She turned on the tap to fill her glass with cold spring water."

a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)

"The dancer carefully attached the shiny brass tap to the heel of her leather shoe before stepping onto the stage."

a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads

"He reached into his toolbox to grab the tap and carefully cut the internal threads into the brass fitting before inserting the bolt."

a plug for a bunghole in a cask

"The brewmaster carefully removed the tap from the oak cask to let the first draft of stout flow into the waiting glass."

the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information

"The detective spent hours trying to tap the suspect's phone to intercept their conversations about the robbery."

a light touch or stroke

"She gently tapped his shoulder to get his attention before speaking."

A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.

"The developer explained that he used TAP to debug his network application by speaking every packet aloud as it traversed the router."

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

An Indian malarial fever.

Initialism of talk aloud protocol.

cut a female screw thread with a tap

"The machinist carefully fed the tool into the hole to tap the threads for the new bolt."

draw from or dip into to get something

"tap one's memory"

"tap a source of money"

strike lightly

"He tapped me on the shoulder"

draw from; make good use of

"we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"

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?"

furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it

"tap a cask of wine"

make light, repeated taps on a surface

"he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"

walk with a tapping sound

"She tapped her feet impatiently while waiting for the bus to arrive."

dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes

"Glover tapdances better than anybody"

draw (liquor) from a tap

"tap beer in a bar"

pierce in order to draw a liquid from

"tap a maple tree for its syrup"

"tap a keg of beer"

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"

To furnish with taps.

"She gently tapped her fingers on the table while she waited for the server to arrive."

To strike lightly.

Initialism of The Ada Project.

"The developer decided to open a new thread on TAP to discuss the latest security patches for the Ada compiler."