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Substantiivi

1. A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
2. (India, chiefly East India) A malarial fever.
3. A light blow or strike with a clear sound; a gentle rap; a pat; also, the sound made by such a blow or strike.
4. An object with a tapering conical form like a tap ; specifically, Ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).
5. (informal, minimizer, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of work; a stroke of work.
6. 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.
7. (dance) One of the metal pieces attached to the sole of a tap dancer's shoe at the toe and heel to cause a tapping sound.
8. (firearms, slang) A shot fired from a firearm.
9. (medicine, informal) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.
10. (graphical user interface) An act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen of an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function.
11. Liquor drawn through a tap ; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing.
12. (phonetics) A single muscle contraction in vocal organs causing a consonant sound; also, the sound so made.
13. (British, dialectal or US) A piece of leather or other material fastened upon the bottom of an item of footwear when repairing the heel or sole; also (England, dialectal) the sole of an item of footwear.
14. A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications.
15. (uncountable, dance) Ellipsis of tap dance.
16. A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.
17. (finance) A situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
18. (mechanics) A cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole, with cutting edges around the lower end and an upper end to which a handle is fitted to turn the tool.
19. (British) Ellipsis of taphouse or taproom (“place where alcoholic beverages are served on tap”).
20. (British, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering) A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it; a tapping.

Verbi

1. To strike (someone or something), chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard.
2. To furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap (noun ) so that liquid can be drawn.
3. (slang) Also in the form tap on the shoulder: to arrest (someone).
4. To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).
5. (medicine, informal) To drain off fluid from (a person or a body cavity) by paracentesis.
6. (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
7. (slang) To shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
8. To break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something; to exploit, to penetrate; tap into.
9. To (lightly) touch (a finger, foot, or other body part) on a surface, often repeatedly.
10. (transitive) To lightly touch a touchscreen, usually an icon or button, to activate a function.
11. To deplete (something); to tap out.
12. (informal) To ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free.
13. (transitive) To lightly and repeatedly touch (a person or one or more body parts) as part of various forms of psychological treatment.
14. (communication, chiefly law enforcement) To connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications; also, to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication).
15. (combat sports) To force (an opponent) to submit, chiefly by indicating their intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
16. (board games, card games) To turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round.
17. (graphical user interface) To invoke a function on an electronic device such as a mobile phone by touching (a button, icon, or specific location on its touch screen).
18. (poker) To force (an opponent) to place all their poker chips in the pot (that is, to go all in) by wagering all of one's own chips.
19. (British, dialectal or US) To repair (an item of footwear) by putting on a new heel or sole, or a piece of material on to the heel or sole.
20. (chiefly US, informal) To choose or designate (someone) for a duty, an honour, membership of an organization, or a position.
21. (horticulture) To remove a taproot from (a plant).
22. To cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); also, to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole, or to create an internally threaded hole in (something).
23. Often followed by at or on: to strike lightly with a clear sound; also, to make a sharp noise through this action.
24. To cut an external screw thread into (a bolt or rod) to create a screw.
25. To walk by striking the ground lightly with a clear sound.
26. To put (a screw or other object) in or through another thing.
27. Of a bell, a drum, etc.: to make a sharp noise, often as a signal.
28. (combat sports) To submit to an opponent, chiefly by indicating an intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
29. To click on something, usually a device.
30. (obsolete) Of a hare or rabbit: to strike the ground repeatedly with its feet during the rutting season.
31. To act as a tapster; to draw an alcoholic beverage from a container.
32. (obsolete) To spend money, etc., freely.