English synonyms about - contact  

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

tap

noun

1 tap

The sound made by a gentle blow.

synonyms: pat, rap.

Roget 295: egress, exit, issue; emersion, emergence; outbreak, outburst; eruption, proruption; emanation; egression; evacuation; exudation, transudation; ... show more

Roget 260: hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel; transforation; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; ... show more

Dutch: pat

2 tap

A gentle blow.

synonyms: rap, strike.

3 tap

A faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask.

synonyms: hydrant, water faucet, water tap.

Dutch: kraan, tapkraan
Polish: kran

4 tap

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

5 tap

A tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads.

6 tap

A plug for a bunghole in a cask.

synonym: spigot.

Roget 263: stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap; rammer; ram, ramrod; piston; ... show more

7 tap

The act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information.

synonym: wiretap.

8 tap

A light touch or stroke.

synonyms: dab, pat.

Roget 276: impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost [U.S.], throw; ... show more

Dutch: mep, pats, pets, tik, tikje
Polish: klepnięcie

verb

1 tap

Cut a female screw thread with a tap.

Roget 297: give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern, excrete; embogue; secrete, ... show more

2 tap

Draw from or dip into to get something.

3 tap

Strike lightly:
— He tapped me on the shoulder.

synonym: tip.

Dutch: aantikken, tikken

4 tap

Draw from; make good use of.

synonym: exploit.

Dutch: exploiteren, uitbaten

5 tap

Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information:
— The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy.

synonyms: bug, intercept, wiretap.

6 tap

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

7 tap

Make light, repeated taps on a surface:
— He was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently.

synonyms: knock, pink, rap.

Roget 276: give an impetus etc. n.; impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, ... show more

Roget 406: rap, snap, tap, knock, ping; click; clash; crack, crackle; crash; pop; slam, bang, blast, ... show more

Roget 260: open, ope, gape, yawn, bilge; fly open.    perforate, pierce, empierce, tap, bore, drill; mine etc. ... show more

Dutch: hameren

8 tap

Walk with a tapping sound.

9 tap

Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes:
— Glover tapdances better than anybody.

synonym: tapdance.

Dutch: tapdansen, tappen

10 tap

Draw (liquor) from a tap.

11 tap

Pierce in order to draw a liquid from.

12 tap

Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently.

synonyms: beg, solicit.


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

Find more on tap elsewhere: etymology - rhymes - Wikipedia.

debug info: 0.0805