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tap

name · noun · verb · 76 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /tæp/
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [thæp]
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • South-Wales: /tɐːp/
  • rhymes with -æp
  • CMU ARPABET: T AE1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The station code of Tai Po Market in Hong Kong.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Initialism of The Ada Project.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spigot, spile

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1, noun sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • We don’t have bottled water; you’ll have to get it from the tap.
  • Is the tap water here safe to drink?
  • Taps, also called spouts or spiles, are valveless pipes inserted into drilled holes in maple trees to collect their sap as part of the process of making maple syrup

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cock, faucet, handle, spigot, spout, stopcock

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 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.

A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, informal

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • abdominal tap pleural tap spinal tap

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cock, faucet, handle, spigot, spout, stopcock

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Liquor drawn through a tap (etymology 1, noun sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • a liquor of the same tap

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Topics: communication, communications, government, law-enforcement

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Topics: communication, communications, government, law-enforcement

Examples

  • telephone tap

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Topics: business, finance

Examples

  • bond tap tap issue

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Topics: engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve’s thread.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Ellipsis of taphouse or taproom (“place where alcoholic beverages are served on tap”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bar, barroom

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, broadly

Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Examples

  • The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill-advised taps along its length.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

A light blow or strike with a clear sound; a gentle rap; a pat; also, the sound made by such a blow or strike.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

The smallest amount of work; a stroke of work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

A shot fired from a firearm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, slang, uncountable

Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

A single muscle contraction in vocal organs causing a consonant sound; also, the sound so made.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flap

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, US, countable, dialectal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: heeltap

Antonyms: none provided

21

noun

Meaning 21

Ellipsis of tap dance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable

Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

A malarial fever.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: East, India, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

noun

Meaning 23

Initialism of talk aloud protocol.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

noun

Meaning 24

Initialism of think aloud protocol.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

noun

Meaning 25

Initialism of total audience package: an offering that includes ads broadcast during every part of the schedule.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: advertising, business, marketing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

To furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.2) so that liquid can be drawn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He tapped the ten-year-old whiskey from its barrel.
  • If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

verb

Meaning 28

To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).

To drain off fluid from (a person or a body cavity) by paracentesis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

verb

Meaning 29

To break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something; to exploit, to penetrate; tap into.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

Examples

  • Businesses are trying to tap the youth market.
  • He tried to tap cable television without a subscription.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

verb

Meaning 30

To deplete (something); to tap out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

31

verb

Meaning 31

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, informal, transitive

Examples

  • I tried to tap a cigarette off him, but he wouldn’t give me one.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beg, blag, bum, cadge, leech, mooch, mump, scrounge, scunge, sponge, tap, wheedle

Antonyms: none provided

32

verb

Meaning 32

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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

Topics: communication, communications, government, law-enforcement

Examples

  • They can’t tap the phone without a warrant.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: eavesdrop

Antonyms: none provided

33

verb

Meaning 33

To turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

Qualifier: board games

Topics: card-games, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

verb

Meaning 34

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

Topics: card-games, poker

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

verb

Meaning 35

To remove a taproot from (a plant).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

36

verb

Meaning 36

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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

verb

Meaning 37

To cut an external screw thread into (a bolt or rod) to create a screw.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

38

verb

Meaning 38

To put (a screw or other object) in or through another thing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

39

verb

Meaning 39

To act as a tapster; to draw an alcoholic beverage from a container.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

40

verb

Meaning 40

To spend money, etc., freely.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

41

verb

Meaning 41

To strike (someone or something), chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Emma tapped Jim on the shoulder to get his attention.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

42

verb

Meaning 42

To strike (someone or something), chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard.

Also in the form tap on the shoulder: to arrest (someone).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

43

verb

Meaning 43

To strike (someone or something), chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard.

To have sexual intercourse with (someone).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, transitive, vulgar

Examples

  • I would tap that hot girl over there.
  • I’d tap that.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hit, wap, Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, go to bed with, have, know, lie by, lie with, love, mount, occupy, penetrate, season, seduce, sleep with, take, Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with", Informal and slang terms, ball, bang, bauf, beep, be with, bone, boff, boink, bonk, boom-boom, dick, diddle, dig out, do, doink, drill, eff, expletive deleted, fill, frack, frak, frick, frig, fuck, get into someone's pants, get over on, get up in, give someone one, give someone the time, go with, have one's way with, have one's wicked way with, hump, jape, jump, jump someone's bones, knob, knock, knock off, know someone in the biblical sense, lay, love up, make, nail, plough, plug, poke, pork, pound, prig, pump, ravage, ream, rock, roger, root, run through, rut, sard, schlong, screw, see to, service, shaft, shag, shelve, slay, slip it to, smash, smush, stallionize, swive, tap, tup

Antonyms: none provided

44

verb

Meaning 44

To strike (someone or something), chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard.

To shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

45

verb

Meaning 45

To (lightly) touch (a finger, foot, or other body part) on a surface, often repeatedly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • You can pay by tapping your card.
  • He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hit, patter, pound, rap, strike, bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, calcitrate, cuff, dab, dash, dowse, feeze, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, kick, knock, hammer, impact, jerk, lambaste, lay into, lay on, lunge, pat, pelt, pink, poke, pummel, punch, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, slam, slap, smack, smite, spank, swap, swinge, vapulate, whack, whip, yerk

Antonyms: none provided

46

verb

Meaning 46

To (lightly) touch (a finger, foot, or other body part) on a surface, often repeatedly.

To lightly touch a touchscreen, usually an icon or button, to activate a function.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Next, tap on the browser to get on the internet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hit, patter, pound, rap, strike, bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, calcitrate, cuff, dab, dash, dowse, feeze, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, kick, knock, hammer, impact, jerk, lambaste, lay into, lay on, lunge, pat, pelt, pink, poke, pummel, punch, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, slam, slap, smack, smite, spank, swap, swinge, vapulate, whack, whip, yerk

Antonyms: none provided

47

verb

Meaning 47

To (lightly) touch (a finger, foot, or other body part) on a surface, often repeatedly.

To lightly and repeatedly touch (a person or one or more body parts) as part of various forms of psychological treatment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The therapist tapped him when he was overcome by anxiety.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hit, patter, pound, rap, strike, bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, calcitrate, cuff, dab, dash, dowse, feeze, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, kick, knock, hammer, impact, jerk, lambaste, lay into, lay on, lunge, pat, pelt, pink, poke, pummel, punch, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, slam, slap, smack, smite, spank, swap, swinge, vapulate, whack, whip, yerk

Antonyms: none provided

48

verb

Meaning 48

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Qualifier: combat sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

49

verb

Meaning 49

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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

50

verb

Meaning 50

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, US, dialectal, transitive

Examples

  • to tap shoes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

51

verb

Meaning 51

To choose or designate (someone) for a duty, an honour, membership of an organization, or a position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, informal, transitive

Examples

  • He was tapped by the president to act as a special counsel.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

52

verb

Meaning 52

Often followed by at or on: to strike lightly with a clear sound; also, to make a sharp noise through this action.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The tree was swaying in the breeze and tapping on the window pane.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bang, hit, ping, rap

Antonyms: none provided

53

verb

Meaning 53

To walk by striking the ground lightly with a clear sound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

54

verb

Meaning 54

Of a bell, a drum, etc.: to make a sharp noise, often as a signal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

55

verb

Meaning 55

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Qualifier: combat sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

56

verb

Meaning 56

Of a hare or rabbit: to strike the ground repeatedly with its feet during the rutting season.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

57

noun

Meaning 57

a light touch or stroke

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pat, dab

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: touch, touching

58

noun

Meaning 58

the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wiretap

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: investigation, investigating

59

noun

Meaning 59

a plug for a bunghole in a cask

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spigot

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plug, stopper, stopple

60

noun

Meaning 60

a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tool

61

noun

Meaning 61

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plate

62

noun

Meaning 62

a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: water faucet, water tap, hydrant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: faucet, spigot, plumbing fixture

63

noun

Meaning 63

the sound made by a gentle blow

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pat, rap

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sound

Narrower terms: pitter-patter

64

noun

Meaning 64

a gentle blow

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rap, strike

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: blow, bump

65

verb

Meaning 65

make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce
  • My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: solicit, beg

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: request, bespeak, call for, quest

Narrower terms: quest, canvass, canvas, lobby, buttonhole

66

verb

Meaning 66

draw from; make good use of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we must exploit the resources we are given wisely

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exploit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ

Narrower terms: maximize, maximise, harness, mine, quarry, overexploit, commercialize, milk

67

verb

Meaning 67

strike lightly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He tapped me on the shoulder

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tip

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: strike

Narrower terms: percuss

68

verb

Meaning 68

cut a female screw thread with a tap

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cut

69

verb

Meaning 69

pierce in order to draw a liquid from

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • tap a maple tree for its syrup
  • tap a keg of beer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pierce

70

verb

Meaning 70

draw (liquor) from a tap

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • tap beer in a bar

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: draw, take out

71

verb

Meaning 71

dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Glover tapdances better than anybody

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tapdance

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe

72

verb

Meaning 72

walk with a tapping sound

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: walk

73

verb

Meaning 73

make light, repeated taps on a surface

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rap, knock, pink

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sound, go

74

verb

Meaning 74

tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy
  • Is this hotel room bugged?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wiretap, intercept, bug

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: listen in, eavesdrop

75

verb

Meaning 75

draw from or dip into to get something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • tap one's memory
  • tap a source of money

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: withdraw, draw, take out, draw off

76

verb

Meaning 76

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • tap a cask of wine

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish

History

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English tappe (“hollow device for controlling the flow of liquid from a hole, cock, faucet, spigot; hole through which the liquid flows; the liquid which thus flows”), from Old English tæppa, from Proto-West Germanic *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“a plug, tap; peg; tapering stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh2p- (“to lose; to sacrifice”). Doublet of tapa. The verb is derived from Middle English tappen (“to obtain (liquid, chiefly liquor) from a tap; to obtain and sell (liquor)”), from Old English tæppian (“to provide (a container) with a stopper; to obtain (liquid) from a tap”), and then either: * from Old English tæppa (see above) + -ian (suffix forming verbs); or * from Proto-Germanic *tappōną, from *tappô (noun) (see above). Verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.3.5 (“to turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round”) alludes to the abilities or resources of the card or piece having been drawn on to the point of temporary exhaustion: see verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.3.2.

The verb is derived from Middle English tappen, teppen (“to give (something) a knock or tap; to hit (something) lightly, pat, tap”), either: * imitative of the making of a tapping sound; or * from Old French tapper, taper (“to tap”) (modern French taper), from Frankish *tappōn, *dabbōn (“to strike”), or from Middle Low German tappen, tapen (“to rap, strike, tap”). Doublet of dab. Verb etymology 2, verb sense 1.1.1 (“to arrest (someone)”) and etymology 2, verb sense 1.6 (“to choose or designate (someone) for a duty, etc.”) allude to a police officer or other person tapping someone on their shoulder to catch their attention or to select them. The noun is derived from Middle English tap, tappe (“light blow or hit”), and then either: * from Middle English tappen (verb) (see above); or * from Old French tape (“light slap or touch, pat”) (modern French tape), from tapper, taper (verb) (see above). Cognates * German tappen (“to fumble; to grope”) * Icelandic tappa, tapsa, tæpta (“to tap”)

From Persian or Urdu تب (tab, “malarial fever”), ultimately from Sanskrit ताप (tāpa, “fever; heat; pain, torment”).

Across languages

Translations

257 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: duq — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Bulgarian: канелка (kanelka) — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Catalan: tap — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Dutch: kraan — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Esperanto: krano — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Finnish: tappi — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • French: bouchon — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Galician: billa — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Galician: espita — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Galician: espicha — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • German: Zapfhahn — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Hungarian: csap — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Hungarian: csapszeg — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Hungarian: pecek — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Ingrian: naka — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Irish: buacaire — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Italian: rubinetto — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Latvian: tapa — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Latvian: spunde — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tappekran — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Occitan: espilla — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Occitan: dosilh — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Plautdietsch: Kron — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Portuguese: espicho — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Russian: про́бка (próbka) — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Russian: заты́чка (zatýčka) — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Spanish: tapón — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Spanish: espiche — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Swedish: tapp — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Turkish: musluk — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Welsh: dwsel — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Welsh: tap — tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container — see also spigot
  • Finnish: tappi — object with a tapering cylindrical form like a tap
  • Finnish: hanajuoma — liquor drawn through a tap; certain kind or quality of liquor; certain kind or quality of any thing
  • Finnish: salakuuntelulaite — device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications — see also bug
  • Bulgarian: подслу́шване (podslúšvane) — secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; recording of such a communication
  • Danish: aflytning — secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; recording of such a communication
  • Finnish: salakuuntelu — secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; recording of such a communication
  • German: Abhören — secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; recording of such a communication
  • German: Anzapfen — secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; recording of such a communication
  • Hungarian: lehallgatás — secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; recording of such a communication
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avlytting — secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; recording of such a communication
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: avlytting — secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; recording of such a communication
  • Russian: прослу́шивание (proslúšivanije) — secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; recording of such a communication
  • Russian: прослу́шка (proslúška) — secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; recording of such a communication
  • Slovak: odpočúvanie — secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; recording of such a communication
  • Slovak: odposluch — secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; recording of such a communication
  • Swedish: avlyssning — secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; recording of such a communication
  • Finnish: myynti — situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time
  • Bulgarian: метчик (metčik) — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Catalan: mascle — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Czech: závitník — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Dutch: draadtap — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Finnish: kierretappi — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Finnish: kierteitystappi — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • French: taraud — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • German: Gewindebohrer — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • German: Innengewindeschneider — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Hebrew: מַבְרֵז (mavrez) — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Hungarian: menetfúró — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Ido: tapilo — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Italian: maschio — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Māori: tā ngauwiri kōhao — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Polish: gwintownik — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Portuguese: torno — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Russian: ме́тчик (métčik) — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Spanish: machuelo — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Swedish: tapp — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Swedish: gängtapp — cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole
  • Bulgarian: отклоне́ние (otklonénie) — connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it
  • Dutch: aftakking — connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it
  • Finnish: haaroitus — connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it
  • Finnish: ylimääräinen liitos — connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it
  • French: dérivation — connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it
  • German: Abgang — connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it
  • German: Abzweig — connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it
  • Polish: zawór główny — connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it
  • Russian: отпа́йка (otpájka) — connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it
  • Russian: ответвле́ние (otvetvlénije) — connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it
  • Russian: отво́д (otvód) — connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it
  • Spanish: derivación — connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it
  • Swedish: avledning — connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it
  • Spanish: golpecito — light blow or strike with a clear sound; sound made by such a blow or strike
  • Finnish: tikun laittaminen ristiin — smallest amount of work
  • Finnish: rauta — 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
  • Welsh: clem — 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
  • Finnish: kosketus — act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen on an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function
  • Finnish: napautus — act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen on an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function
  • German: Antippen — act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen on an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function
  • German: Tippen — act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen on an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function
  • Macedonian: допира (dopira) — act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen on an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function
  • Russian: нажатие (nažatije) — act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen on an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function
  • Russian: прикосновение (prikosnovenije) — act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen on an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function
  • Spanish: toque — act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen on an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function
  • Spanish: pulsación — act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen on an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function
  • Spanish: pulsamiento (disused) — act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen on an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function
  • Bulgarian: слагам кран (slagam kran) — to furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap so that liquid can be drawn
  • Finnish: varustaa hanalla — to furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap so that liquid can be drawn
  • Finnish: tapittaa — to furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap so that liquid can be drawn
  • German: anzapfen — to furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap so that liquid can be drawn
  • German: mit einem Abfluss versehen — to furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap so that liquid can be drawn
  • Hungarian: megcsapol — to furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap so that liquid can be drawn
  • Italian: attingere — to furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap so that liquid can be drawn
  • Swedish: tappa — to furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap so that liquid can be drawn
  • Turkish: musluk takmak — to furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap so that liquid can be drawn
  • Bulgarian: точа (toča) — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • Dutch: tappen — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • Dutch: aftappen — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • Finnish: avata — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • Finnish: laskea — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • Finnish: valuttaa — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • French: tirer — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • German: anzapfen — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • German: zapfen — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • Hungarian: csapra ver — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • Italian: estrarre — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • Macedonian: наточува (natočuva) — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • Macedonian: точи (toči) — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • Norwegian: tappe — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • Polish: napoczynać — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • Polish: spuszczać płyn — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • Slovak: stiahnuť — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • Slovak: stočiť — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • Swedish: tappa — to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)
  • Finnish: laskea — to drain off fluid from (a person or a body cavity) by paracentesis
  • Finnish: valuttaa — to drain off fluid from (a person or a body cavity) by paracentesis
  • Arabic: تَنَصَّتَ (tanaṣṣata) — to break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something — see also exploit, penetrate
  • Arabic: يتصنت (yetṣanat) — to break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something — see also exploit, penetrate
  • Finnish: käyttää (hyväkseen) — to break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something — see also exploit, penetrate
  • Finnish: verottaa — to break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something — see also exploit, penetrate
  • French: tirer — to break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something — see also exploit, penetrate
  • German: anbohren — to break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something — see also exploit, penetrate
  • German: angraben — to break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something — see also exploit, penetrate
  • German: anzapfen — to break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something — see also exploit, penetrate
  • Hungarian: kiaknáz — to break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something — see also exploit, penetrate
  • Hungarian: kihasznál — to break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something — see also exploit, penetrate
  • Italian: estrarre — to break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something — see also exploit, penetrate
  • Italian: sfruttare — to break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something — see also exploit, penetrate
  • Polish: wykorzystywać — to break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something — see also exploit, penetrate
  • Finnish: kerjätä — to ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free — see also cadge, scrounge
  • Finnish: kinuta — to ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free — see also cadge, scrounge
  • German: (ein Objekt) abzweigen — to ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free — see also cadge, scrounge
  • German: anhauen — to ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free — see also cadge, scrounge
  • German: anpumpen — to ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free — see also cadge, scrounge
  • Hungarian: lehúz — to ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free — see also cadge, scrounge
  • Bulgarian: подслушвам (podslušvam) — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Dutch: aftappen — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Dutch: afluisteren — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Dutch: meeluisteren — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Finnish: asentaa salakuuntelulaite — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Finnish: katsella luvatta — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Finnish: salakuunnella — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • French: mettre sur écoute — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • German: abhören — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • German: anzapfen — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Hungarian: lehallgat — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Italian: intercettare — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Norwegian: avlytte — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Polish: podsłuchiwać — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Polish: założyć podsłuch — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Portuguese: grampear — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Spanish: chuzar — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Spanish: intervenir — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Spanish: pinchar — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Swedish: avlyssna — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Swedish: bugga — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Turkish: gizlice dinlemek — 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; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)
  • Finnish: kääntää — to turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round
  • Finnish: poistaa pääjuuri — to remove a taproot from (a plant)
  • Bulgarian: нарязвам резба (narjazvam rezba) — to cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole; to create an internally threaded hole in (something)
  • Dutch: draadtappen — to cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole; to create an internally threaded hole in (something)
  • Finnish: kierteittää reikä — to cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole; to create an internally threaded hole in (something)
  • Finnish: tehdä naaraskierre — to cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole; to create an internally threaded hole in (something)
  • Finnish: tehdä sisäkierre — to cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole; to create an internally threaded hole in (something)
  • French: tarauder — to cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole; to create an internally threaded hole in (something)
  • German: bohren — to cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole; to create an internally threaded hole in (something)
  • German: schneiden — to cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole; to create an internally threaded hole in (something)
  • Hungarian: csavarmenetet fúr — to cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole; to create an internally threaded hole in (something)
  • Ido: tapar — to cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole; to create an internally threaded hole in (something)
  • Italian: maschiare — to cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole; to create an internally threaded hole in (something)
  • Polish: gwintować — to cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole; to create an internally threaded hole in (something)
  • Finnish: tehdä ulkokierre — to cut an external screw thread into (a bolt or rod) to create a screw
  • Finnish: tehdä uroskierre — to cut an external screw thread into (a bolt or rod) to create a screw
  • Finnish: työntää ruuvi läpi — to put (a screw or other object) in or through another thing
  • Finnish: laskea hanasta — to draw an alcoholic beverage from a container
  • Bulgarian: потупвам (potupvam) — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Dutch: tikken — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Finnish: naputtaa — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Finnish: naputella — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Finnish: taputtaa — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Finnish: kopauttaa — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • French: tapoter — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • German: tippen — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • German: stupsen — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • German: stippen — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • German: trommeln — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Indonesian: utik-utik — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Indonesian: gamit — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Italian: toccare — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Latvian: pieklauvēt — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Macedonian: тапка (tapka) — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Macedonian: чука (čuka) — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Macedonian: тропка (tropka) — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Māori: pātōtō — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Polish: klepnąć — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Polish: stuknąć — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Portuguese: cutucar — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Portuguese: tamborilar — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Spanish: dar golpecitos — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Spanish: golpetear — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Spanish: teclear — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Spanish: tamborilear — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Spanish: tamborear — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Spanish: tabalear — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Swedish: trycka — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Swedish: peta — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Tagalog: maghimil — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Volapük: flapilön — to touch something, often repeatedly
  • Chinese Cantonese: 拍 (paak3) — to touch something with a card
  • Chinese Mandarin: 刷 (shuā) — to touch something with a card
  • Indonesian: gamit — to touch something with a card
  • Indonesian: tempel — to touch something with a card
  • Japanese: かざす (kazasu) — to touch something with a card
  • Bulgarian: почуквам (počukvam) — to make a sharp noise
  • Finnish: napauttaa — to make a sharp noise
  • Finnish: kopauttaa — to make a sharp noise
  • Finnish: naputtaa — to make a sharp noise
  • German: pochen — to make a sharp noise
  • German: klopfen — to make a sharp noise
  • Indonesian: ketuk — to make a sharp noise
  • Italian: sbattere — to make a sharp noise
  • Macedonian: чука (čuka) — to make a sharp noise
  • Russian: постукивать (postukivatʹ) — to make a sharp noise
  • Catalan: fer un toc — to operate an electronic device by tapping its touch screen
  • Catalan: tocar — to operate an electronic device by tapping its touch screen
  • French: cliquer — to operate an electronic device by tapping its touch screen
  • German: antippen — to operate an electronic device by tapping its touch screen
  • Hungarian: koppint — to operate an electronic device by tapping its touch screen
  • Indonesian: gamit — to operate an electronic device by tapping its touch screen
  • Indonesian: ketuk — to operate an electronic device by tapping its touch screen
  • Indonesian: sentuh — to operate an electronic device by tapping its touch screen
  • Italian: cliccare — to operate an electronic device by tapping its touch screen
  • Polish: tapnąć — to operate an electronic device by tapping its touch screen
  • Portuguese: tocar — to operate an electronic device by tapping its touch screen
  • Spanish: hacer clic — to operate an electronic device by tapping its touch screen
  • Spanish: pinchar — to operate an electronic device by tapping its touch screen
  • Spanish: cliquear — to operate an electronic device by tapping its touch screen
  • Spanish: pulsar — to operate an electronic device by tapping its touch screen
  • Bulgarian: чукам (čukam) — to have sexual intercourse (with)
  • Finnish: puikottaa — to have sexual intercourse (with)
  • French: taper — to have sexual intercourse (with)
  • German: knattern — to have sexual intercourse (with)
  • German: knallen — to have sexual intercourse (with)
  • Spanish: taper — to have sexual intercourse (with)
  • German: klopfen — to submit
  • Portuguese: bater — to submit
  • Spanish: palmear — to submit