tap T₁A₁P₃

Noun 4 meanings

1. A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.

2. An object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1, noun sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).

3. A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe.

   “We don’t have bottled water; you’ll have to get it from the tap.”

4. Liquor drawn through a tap (etymology 1, noun sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing.

   “a liquor of the same tap”

Verb 4 meanings

1. To furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.2) so that liquid can be drawn.

2. To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).

   “He tapped the ten-year-old whiskey from its barrel.”

3. To break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something; to exploit, to penetrate; tap into.

   “Businesses are trying to tap the youth market.”

4. To deplete (something); to tap out.

Similar and opposite words

• WIRETAP₁₂
• STAP₆
• ATAP₆
• ATTAP₇
• HEELTAP₁₂
• WATAP₁₀

• TOP₅
• TAX₁₀
• MAP₇
• TIP₅
• CAP₇
• GAP₆
• TAG₄
• LAP₅
• RAP₅
• TAN₃
• TAB₅
• NAP₅
• TAR₃
• SAP₅
• TAD₄
• TAE₃
• TAI₃
• TAO₃