Tap

What do we mean by tap?

To strike gently with a light blow or blows. intransitive verb

To give a light rap with. intransitive verb

To produce with a succession of light blows. intransitive verb

To select, as for membership in an organization; designate. synonym: appoint. intransitive verb

To repair (shoe heels or toes) by applying a thin layer of leather or a substitute material. intransitive verb

To attach metal plates to (shoe toes or heels). intransitive verb

To deliver a gentle, light blow or blows. intransitive verb

To walk making light clicks. intransitive verb

A gentle blow. noun

The sound made by such a blow. noun

A thin layer of leather or a substitute applied to a worn-down shoe heel or toe. noun

A metal plate attached to the toe or heel of a shoe, as for tap-dancing. noun

A valve and spout used to regulate delivery of a fluid at the end of a pipe. noun

A plug for a bunghole; a spigot. noun

Liquor drawn from a spigot. noun

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

A device used to dispense liquids.

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

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.)

A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.

An interception of communication by authority.

A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.

A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.

Words that are spelled similarly to tap:
tap.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word tap:
taps, changer, trill, bottled, tapping, dancer, revenge, dancing, transformer, dance, glover, choreographer, spinal, iphone, ballet, ios, brewery, portugal, fare, beer, shoes, water, rhythm, routine, button, root, voltage, app, dances, drinking, jazz, lessons, hop, hole, roots, phone, touch, hip.

Words that rhyme with tap:
cap, snap, shap, trap, map, app, sap, gap, wrap, rap, scrap, lap, nap, flap, overlap, crap, recap, strap, mishap, zap, slap, clap, bootstrap, pap, chap, asap, handicap, hap, yap, frappe, kidnap, madcap, burlap, jap, stopgap, frap, kneecap, entrap, catnap, wiretap, mousetrap, nappe, hubcap, lapp, ascap, zapp, knapp, flytrap, skycap, booby trap, liberty cap, unwrap, saran wrap, backslap, sand trap, napp, trapp, rapp, sketch map, tapp, yapp, wind gap, dapp, nsdap, plastic wrap, schappe, mapp, cold snap, bubble wrap, giap, trappe, kapp, capp, chin strap, papp, peaked cap, cumberland gap, sapp, stocking cap, gift wrap, death cap, spark gap, stapp, frapp, cervical cap, tent flap, clapp, cradle cap, dimetapp, speed trap, shrap, flat cap, root cap, weather map, relief map, watch cap, toboggan cap, take a crap, slapp, trade gap.

Adjectives that are often used to describe tap:
spinal, light, gentle, cold, sharp, hot, little, single, slight, way, soft, traumatic, dry, center, quick, centre, double, smart, low, faint, friendly, peritoneal, bloody, diagnostic, outside, discreet, open, communal, leaky, lumbar, playful, loud, sudden, pericardial, rap, ordinary, slightest, wire, brisk, off, vitreous, abdominal, multi, slag, quiet, timid, hard, subdural, familiar, pressure, metric, firm, bottom, occasional, suprapubic, temporal, nearest, inch, two, upstream, static, extra, one.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective tap:
water, root, room, roots, dancing, changing, shaker, drill, tapping, dance, hole, san, taps, complexes, rap, machine, spacing, bolts, air, heel, gol, changers, taptap, out, changer, dancers, bolt, khyal, gain, tick, toe, houses, leakage, holder, off, weight, cinder.

Consonant match to tap:
top, tip, type, tape, taupe, tope, toupe, tapp, tepe, tipp, topp, taipeh, tappe.

Words that sound like tap:
tap, tapp, tappe, top, type, tape, tip, tab, tep, toupe, tope, tup, taupe, tupe, typ, toop, topp, tipp, tepe, tabb, teep, teip, teap, toup, tiph, taip, tepp, t.p, taap, top-, tawp, dapp, trap, tube, tub, taps, tapped, tapper, terp, tobe, tamp, toob, stap, trapp, tpp, teb, trp, tabe, tob, tib, tappy, trappe, turp, tpe, teeb, tbe, tubb, to-be, taub, tapie, stapp, tappa, tcap, tapi, tyb, taube, tmp, tapps, tibb, tasp, thp, talp, htp, t.b, taab, tlp, etap, dtap, happ, hap, happe, deep, dip, chap, dab, depp, dap, dep, deap, dabb, dipe, dipp, chapp, diep, deppe, daap, chappe, deip, diap, diip.