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

A device used to dispense liquids.

Example: We don't have bottled water; you'll have to get it from the tap.

Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.

Example: a liquor of the same tap

A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.

To furnish with taps.

Example: If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!

To draw off liquid from a vessel.

Example: He tapped a new barrel of beer.

To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.

To exploit.

Example: Businesses are trying to tap the youth market.

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

Example: When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around.

The act of touching a touch screen.

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

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.

To strike lightly.

Example: She tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention.

To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.

Example: He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table.

To make a sharp noise.

Example: The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane.

To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.

A rhythmic dance in which the heels and toes of the dancer's shoes make a series of clicks