tap

1. v. t. To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane. Source: opted

2. v. t. To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes. Source: opted

3. n. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. Source: opted

4. n. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel. Source: opted

5. n. 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. Source: opted

6. v. i. To strike a gentle blow. Source: opted

7. n. A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn. Source: opted

8. n. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet. Source: opted

9. n. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. Source: opted

10. n. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar. Source: opted

11. n. A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges. Source: opted

12. v. t. To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc. Source: opted

13. v. t. Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury. Source: opted

14. v. t. To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing. Source: opted

15. v. t. To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut. Source: opted

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