tap

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

Đồng nghĩa: spigot, spile

(broadly)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”).

(broadly)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.

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

Đồng nghĩa: cock, faucet, handle, spigot, spout, stopcock

(broadly)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.

a liquor of the same tap

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

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

telephone tap

(broadly)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.

bond tap    tap issue

(broadly)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.

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

(British, abbreviation, alt of, broadly, ellipsis)Ellipsis of taphouse or taproom (“place where alcoholic beverages are served on tap”).

Đồng nghĩa: bar, barroom

(British, broadly)A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it; a tapping.

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

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

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

(countable, informal, uncountable)The smallest amount of work; a stroke of work.

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

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

He tapped the ten-year-old whiskey from its barrel.

If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup.

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

Businesses are trying to tap the youth market.

He tried to tap cable television without a subscription.

(figuratively, transitive)To deplete (something); to tap out.

(figuratively, informal, transitive)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.

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

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

(figuratively, transitive)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).

They can’t tap the phone without a warrant.

Đồng nghĩa: eavesdrop

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

(figuratively, transitive)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.

(transitive)To remove a taproot from (a plant).

(transitive)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).

Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole.

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

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