āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to tap
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āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to hit someone or something gently, often with a few quick light blows
Transitive: to tap an object or surface
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The carpenter is tapping the wood to check for its quality.
āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻŖāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make use of or access a resource or source of information
Transitive: to tap into a resource
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She decided to tap into her colleague's expertise in graphic design to enhance the visual appeal of the project.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻˇ āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻšāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻĒāĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to secretly intercept or monitor communication on a telephone or telegraph wire to obtain information
Transitive: to tap a communication channel
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
During the investigation, intelligence agencies were suspected of tapping diplomatic communications.
āĻ¤āĻĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻš āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to ask for or obtain something by begging or borrowing
Ditransitive: to tap sb for sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Sarah always knows how to tap her friends for good book recommendations.
āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻš āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to extract sap, often from maple trees, by making a hole in the trunk
Transitive: to tap a tree
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Some farmers tap birch trees to extract birch sap.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻ¸ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻž, āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
to walk with a series of light, rhythmic, tapping sounds, usually produced by shoes with hard soles or heels hitting the ground
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
With her high heels, she tapped across the polished marble floor of the grand lobby.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§, āĻ¸ā§ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻ˛āĻŦāĻŋāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ˛ āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to lightly strike or hit a surface repeatedly, producing a series of short, sharp sounds
Transitive: to tap sth on a surface
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The drummer began to tap the drumsticks on the snare, setting the beat for the rest of the band.
āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻ¨āĻ˛, āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ
an object that controls the flow of liquid or gas from a container or pipe
Dialect
British
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The tap in the kitchen was dripping, wasting water.
āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻĒāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
a light, soft knocking or striking noise
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The tap of the typewriter echoed in the quiet room.
03
a small or gentle contact, often repeated
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She felt a tap on her arm and turned around.
04
clandestine monitoring or listening in on a communication line
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Intelligence agents set up a tap to monitor communications.
05
a stopper used to control the flow of liquid from a barrel or container
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The beer flowed once the tap was removed.
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a soft hit or strike, usually with the hand or a light object
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A tap on the shoulder signaled it was time to leave.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
taping
tapped
tapper
tap
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
