Tap
/tæp/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Tap
noun
- A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
- A device used to dispense liquids.
"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.
"a liquor of the same tap"
- A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.
- A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
"We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread."
verb
- To furnish with taps.
"If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!"
- To draw off liquid from a vessel.
"He tapped a new barrel of beer."
- To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
- To exploit.
"Businesses are trying to tap the youth market."
- To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
"They can't tap the phone without a warrant."
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